Fossil tooth-enamel carbon-isotope records document a widespread increase in C4-plant biomass between 8 and 6 Ma across Asia, Africa, North America and South America, with earlier increases at lower latitudes.
claim:event:c4-grassland-expansionLate Miocene C4-vegetation expansion
Fossil tooth-enamel isotopes record a widespread, regionally asynchronous increase in C4-plant biomass; they do not alone demonstrate open grassland or faunal adaptation.
Represented range8–6 Ma
RegionsAfrica · Asia · North America · South America
CladesC4 plants
Claim ledger
References
- Global vegetation change through the Miocene/Pliocene boundaryCerling, T.E.; Harris, J.M.; MacFadden, B.J.; et al. · 1997 · DOI 10.1038/38229