Relating to or characteristic of Afrogaea; describing the hypothetical ancient African biogeographic region.
From 'Afrogaea' plus the adjectival suffix '-an.' A specialized term in biogeography and paleontology.
This word shows how scientists named features of Earth's distant past to explain present-day animal and plant distributions—Afrogaean communities would have shared species that drifted apart as continents separated.
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