Balkanatolia: the forgotten microcontinent, the Grande Coupure, and European mammal evolution

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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.

Edited February 25, 2022 by Oxytropidoceras
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