Tasmantis

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Tasmantis

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Likely from Tasman, with a suffix rebracketed from Atlantic or even Atlantis; coined in 1919 by geologists Carl Süssmilch and Edgeworth David

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Zealandia. Our results support the hypothesis that skinks colonized Tasmantis by over-water dispersal initially to New Caledonia, then to Lord Howe Island, and finally to New Zealand.

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"Tasmantis." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/tasmantis. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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Tasmantis. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/tasmantis

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"Tasmantis." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/tasmantis.

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@misc{tasmantis_2026,
  title = {Tasmantis},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tasmantis},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}