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The “Proboscidean Datum Event:” How Many Proboscideans and How Many Events?

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European Neogene Mammal Chronology

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The expression “Proboscidean Datum Event” has been coined by Madden and Van Couvering (1976) to name the major dispersal event which concerned mammalian faunas and which was known to have occurred in the early Miocene from Africa toward Eurasia.

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Tassy, P. (1990). The “Proboscidean Datum Event:” How Many Proboscideans and How Many Events?. In: Lindsay, E.H., Fahlbusch, V., Mein, P. (eds) European Neogene Mammal Chronology. NATO ASI Series, vol 180. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-2513-8_16

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