First Clarkforkian Equivalent Land Mammal Age in the Latest Paleocene Basal Sparnacian Facies of Europe: Fauna, Flora, Paleoenvironment and (Bio)stratigraphy

Smith, Thierry; Quesnel, Florence; De Ploëg, Gaėl; De Franceschi, Dario; Métais, Grégoire; De Bast, Eric; Solé, Floréal; Folie, Annelise; Boura, Anaïs; Claude, Julien; Dupuis, Christian; Gagnaison, Cyril; I. Iakovleva, Alina; E. Martin, Jeremy; François, Maubert; Judicaël, Prieur; Roche, Émile; Storme, Jean‐Yves; Thomas, Romain; Tong, Haiyan; Yans, Johan; Buffetaut, Éric

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0086229

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First Clarkforkian Equivalent Land Mammal Age in the Latest Paleocene Basal Sparnacian Facies of Europe: Fauna, Flora, Paleoenvironment and (Bio)stratigraphy

Published in PLoS ONE • Jan 29, 2014

Authors:

Thierry Smith

Florence Quesnel

Gaėl De Ploëg

Abstract

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...

Subject

Fauna

Mammal

Stratigraphy

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