During the transition from the Eocene to the Oligocene epochs, the
mild tropical climates of the Paleocene and early Eocene were
replaced by modern climatic conditions and extremes, including
glacial ice in Antarctica. The best terrestrial record of the
Eocene-Oligocene transition is found in North America, including
the spectacular cliffs and spires of the Big Badlands National
Park, in South Dakota. The first part of this book summarises the
latest information in dating and correlation of the strata of late
middle Eocene through early Oligocene age in North America,
including the latest insights from argon/argon dating and magnetic
stratigraphy. The second part reviews almost all the important
terrestrial reptiles and mammals found near the Eocene-Oligocene
boundary in the White River chronofauna, from the turtles, snakes
and lizards to the common rodents, carnivores, artiodactyls, and
perissodactyls. This is the first comprehensive treatment of these
rocks and fossils in over sixty years and will be an invaluable
resource to vertebrate palaeontologists, geologists, mammalogists
and evolutionary biologists.
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