Eocene metatherians from Anatolia illuminate the assembly of an island fauna during Deep Time.

Island biotas have disproportionately influenced the history and development of evolutionary biology, but understanding their genesis and evolution across geological timescales has been hindered by a poor fossil record. Here we augment the insular Eocene (~43 Ma) mammalian fauna known from the Ponti...

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Main Authors: Grégoire Métais, Pauline M Coster, John R Kappelman, Alexis Licht, Faruk Ocakoğlu, Michael H Taylor, K Christopher Beard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6235269?pdf=render