Science. 1970 Sep 18;169(3951):1197-201. doi: 10.1126/science.169.3951.1197.
During the austral summer of 1969-1970 bones of Lower Triassic vertebrates were excavated from coarse quartzose sandstones forming stream channel deposits of the Fremouw Formation at Coalsack Bluff, in the Transantarctic Mountains of Antarctica. This is the first assemblage of fossil tetrapods of significant geologic age to be found on the Antarctic Continent. The fossils include labyrinthodont amphibians, presumed thecodont reptiles, and therapsid reptiles, including the definitive genus, Lystrosaurus. This genus is typical of the Lower Triassic of southern Africa, and is also found in India and China. Lystrosaurus and associated vertebrates found in Antarctica were land-living animals: therefore their presence on the South Polar Continent would seem to indicate the contiguity of Antarctica, Africa, and India in Early Triassic times.
在 1969-1970 年南极夏季期间，在南极洲横贯南极山脉的 Coalsack Bluff，从形成溪流河道沉积的粗粒石英砂岩中挖掘出了下三叠纪脊椎动物的骨骼。这是在南极大陆上发现的第一批具有重要地质年龄的化石四足动物组合。这些化石包括迷齿两栖动物、被认为是槽齿类爬行动物，以及兽孔目爬行动物，其中包括确定的属，雷兽。这个属是南非下三叠统的典型代表，也在印度和中国发现。在南极洲发现的雷兽和相关的脊椎动物是陆生动物：因此，它们在南极大陆的存在似乎表明在早三叠世时期，南极洲、非洲和印度是相邻的。
