Correlated PETM sections and separately catalogued Teilhardina dental samples support an Asia-to-Europe-to-North-America appearance sequence within a short earliest-Eocene interval.
claim:event:teilhardina-petm-dispersal-sampleTeilhardina PETM dental sequence
Separate Asian, European and North American Teilhardina samples aligned to the PETM carbon-isotope excursion support a rapid intercontinental appearance sequence.
Represented range56–55.8 Ma
RegionsHengyang Basin, China · Dormaal, Belgium · Bighorn Basin, Wyoming, USA
CladesTeilhardina · Primates · Haplorhini
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References
- Rapid Asia–Europe–North America geographic dispersal of earliest Eocene primate Teilhardina during the Paleocene–Eocene Thermal MaximumSmith, T.; Rose, K.D.; Gingerich, P.D. · 2006 · DOI 10.1073/pnas.0511296103