A bridge too far. Comment on “Processes of island colonization by Oligo-Miocene land mammals in the central Mediterranean: New data from Scontrone (Abruzzo, Central Italy) and Gargano (Apulia, Southern Italy)” by P.P.A. Mazza and M. Rustioni [Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 267 ...

Mazza and Rustioni [Mazza, PPA, Rustioni, M., 2008. Processes of island colonization by Oligo-Miocene land mammals in the central Mediterranean: New data from Scontrone (Abruzzo, Central Italy) and Gargano (Apulia, Southern Italy). Palaeogeogr. Palaeoclim. Palaeoecol. 267 (3–4), 208–215.] suggest that land bridges played an important role in the colonization of the Abruzzo–Apulian bioprovince, as shown by the fossil vertebrates from Scontrone and Gargano. Would they have been able to demonstrate that land bridges ...