图尔盖海峡中生代新生代期间的一大片内海。它从现在的里海以北延伸到“古北极”地区,存在于中侏罗世渐新世之间,大约距今1亿6千万年至2900万年。[1]

图尔盖海峡将南欧西南亚分裂成许多大岛屿,并将欧洲亚洲分开[2],隔离了动物种群[3]

图尔盖海峡得名于现今哈萨克图尔盖盆地图尔盖河的一段流经该盆地。[4]

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  1. ^ Briggs, John C. Global Biogeography. Amsterdam, Elsevier Science, 1995; pp. 71, 76, 84, 88, and ff.
  2. ^ Duellman, William Edward. Biology of Amphibians. Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1994; p. 480.
  3. ^ Duellman, William E. (1986). Biology of Amphibians. JHU Press. p. 479. ISBN 9780801847806. Otherwise, most, if not all, continental masses were united into a single land mass — Pangaea. ... (M) Leiopelmatidae (L) Discoglossidae (U) Palaeobatrachidae (U) Cretaceous, 135 m.y. Turgai Sea separated east and west Eurasia
  4. ^ Tectonic units and division of the South Turgay Basin