Relating to or characteristic of the Atheriogaea biogeographic region, particularly regarding the distribution and characteristics of placental mammals.
Adjective form derived from Atheriogaea with the -an suffix, following biogeographical terminology conventions for describing regional characteristics.
This is one of those scientific terms that sounds impressive but is mostly historical—modern biogeography has moved beyond these simple divisions thanks to evolutionary biology and plate tectonics.
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