Balkanatolia: the forgotten continent that sheds light on
the evolution of mammals, CNRS News, February 22, 2022
Balkanatolia: the forgotten continent that sheds light on
evolution of mammals. UPI, February 22, 2022
Scientists Discover the Long-Lost Continent ‘Balkanatolia’
The landmass existed 40 million years ago and may have
facilitated the migration of Asian mammals into Europe.
Becky Ferreira, Vice, February 23, 2022
the paper is:
Licht, A., Métais, G., Coster, P., Ibilioğlu, D., Ocakoğlu,
F., Westerweel, J., Mueller, M., Campbell, C., Mattingly,
S., Wood, M.C. and Beard, K.C., 2022. Balkanatolia: The
insular mammalian biogeographic province that partly paved
the way to the Grande Coupure. Earth-Science Reviews, no.103929.
From abstract:
“The Grande Coupure corresponds to a major episode of
faunal turnover in western Europe around the Eocene-
Oligocene boundary that is generally attributed to the influx
of multiple clades of Asian mammals.
Yours,
Paul H.