The Asian land mammal ages, acronym ALMA, establish a geologic timescale for prehistoric Asian fauna beginning 58.7 Mya during the Paleogene and continuing...
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The European Land Mammal Mega Zones (abbreviation: ELMMZ, more commonly known as European land mammal ages or ELMA) are zones in rock layers that have...
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The North American land mammal ages (NALMA) establishes a geologic timescale for North American fauna beginning during the Late Cretaceous and continuing...
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The South American land mammal ages (SALMA) establish a geologic timescale for prehistoric South American fauna beginning 64.5 Ma during the Paleocene...
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Biochronology (redirect from Land-mammal age)
sections (in contrast to biostratigraphy, where they are). Collections of land mammal ages have been defined for every continent except Antarctica, and most are...
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Andrewsarchus (category Eocene mammals of Asia)
Dongjun Formations of Inner Mongolia, each dated to the Irdinmanhan Asian land mammal age (Lutetian–Bartonian stages, 48–38 million years ago). Andrewsarchus...
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Hsanda Gol Formation (category Paleogene System of Asia)
Hsandagolian Asian Land Mammal Age, to which it gives its name. The 2600 feet thick Hsanda Gol formation is covered in various places by Miocene-age variegated...
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Watertown, Massachusetts, United States Asian land mammal age, a geologic timescale for prehistoric Asian fauna Atacama Large Millimeter Array, a radio...
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Bartonian (redirect from Bartonian age)
part of the Divisaderan South American Land Mammal Age and is coeval with the Sharamururian Asian Land Mammal Age. [citation needed] The Auversian regional...
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Selandian (redirect from Selandian age)
American Land Mammal Age, the Peligran, Tiupampan and lower Itaboraian South American Land Mammal Ages and part of the Nongshanian Asian Land Mammal Age. It...
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Rupelian (redirect from Rupelian age)
Land Mammal Mega Zones (the Rupelian spans the Mammal Paleogene zones 21 through 24 and part of 25), and the lower Hsandgolian Asian Land Mammal Age....
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Ergilin Dzo Formation (category Paleogene System of Asia)
date back to the late Eocene epoch. The type fauna of the Ergilian Asian land mammal age is defined by the mammalian fossils of this formation. Based on...
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Ulangochuian age is a period of geologic time (37.2–33.9 Ma) within the Late Eocene epoch of the Paleogene used more specifically with Asian Land Mammal Ages. It...
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Gashatan is an Asian Land Mammal Age, a large biozone which corresponds to ages between 58.7–55.8 Ma for finds of fossil mammals in Asia. This zone lies...
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Lutetian (redirect from Lutetian age)
Land Mammal Ages, the upper Arshantan and Irdinmanhan Asian Land Mammal Ages, and the Mustersan and lower Divisaderan South American Land Mammal Ages. It...
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The following is a list of largest mammals by family. The largest of these insectivorous mammals is the giant otter shrew (Potamogale velox), native to...
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A mammal (from Latin mamma 'breast') is a vertebrate animal of the class Mammalia (/məˈmeɪli.ə/). Mammals are characterised by the presence of milk-producing...
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Thanetian (redirect from Thanetian age)
mammal ages, the Riochican and part of the Itaboraian South American land mammal ages and the upper Nongshanian and Gashatan Asian land mammal ages....
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is used more specifically with Asian Land Mammal Ages. It follows the Houldjinian and precedes the Hsandagolian age. The Kekeamuan's upper boundary is the...
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Pleistocene (redirect from Pleistocene Age)
camels were wiped out. Asian land mammal ages (ALMA) include Zhoukoudianian, Nihewanian, and Yushean. European land mammal ages (ELMA) include the Villafranchian...
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Danian (redirect from Danian age)
North American land mammal ages and the Shanghuan and lowest part of the Nongshanian Asian land mammal ages. It includes the oldest Mammal Paleogene zones...
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Tabenbulakian (category Oligocene mammals of Asia)
specifically with Asian Land Mammal Ages. It follows the Hsandagolian age. The Tabenbulakian's lower boundary is the approximate base of the Chattian age and upper...
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Hsandagolian age is a period of geologic time (33.9 – 23.03 Ma) within the Oligocene epoch of the Paleogene used more specifically with Asian Land Mammal Ages. It...
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Priabonian (redirect from Priabonian age)
Barrancan and Mustersan South American Land Mammal Ages and the Ulangochuian and Ergilian Asian Land Mammal Ages. Zachos, J. C.; Kump, L. R. (2005). "Carbon...
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molts, and breeds on land; and the capybara and hippopotamus which are able to venture in and out of water in search of food. Mammal adaptation to an aquatic...
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A state mammal is the official mammal of a U.S. state as designated by a state's legislature. The first column of the table is for those denoted as the...
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Ypresian (redirect from Ypresian age)
American Land Mammal Ages, the Casamayoran South American Land Mammal Age and the Bumbanian and most of the Arshantan Asian Land Mammal Ages. It is also coeval...
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grief, learning, greeting etc. The Asian elephant is the largest living land animal in Asia. Since 1986, the Asian elephant has been listed as Endangered...
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few eat other mammals. While the number of marine mammals is small compared to those found on land, their roles in various ecosystems are large, especially...
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inter-sexual competition. Unlike more social species bears, being solitary mammals, have wide-ranging habitats to locate potential mates. Due to the asynchrony...
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