First Clarkforkian equivalent Land Mammal Age in the latest Paleocene basal Sparnacian facies of Europe: fauna, flora, paleoenvironment and (bio)stratigraphy.

The Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM) is correlated with the first occurrences of earliest modern mammals in the Northern Hemisphere. The latest Paleocene Clarkforkian North American Land Mammal Age, that has yielded rodents and carnivorans, is the only exception to this rule. However, until n...

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Main Authors: Thierry Smith, Florence Quesnel, Gaël De Plöeg, Dario De Franceschi, Grégoire Métais, Eric De Bast, Floréal Solé, Annelise Folie, Anaïs Boura, Julien Claude, Christian Dupuis, Cyril Gagnaison, Alina Iakovleva, Jeremy Martin, François Maubert, Judicaël Prieur, Emile Roche, Jean-Yves Storme, Romain Thomas, Haiyan Tong, Johan Yans, Eric Buffetaut
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/24489703/?tool=EBI