Open AccessNew data on the Cainotheriidae (Mammalia, Artiodactyla) from the early Oligocene of south‐western France
Author(s) -
BLONDEL CECILE
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
zoological journal of the linnean society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.148
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1096-3642
pISSN - 0024-4082
DOI - 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2005.00166.x
Subject(s) - paleontology , biology , diversification (marketing strategy) , group (periodic table) , zoology , chemistry , organic chemistry , marketing , business
The Cainotheriidae are small artiodactyls that suddenly appeared in the late Eocene of western Europe. A revision of early Oligocene cainotheriid lineages is proposed on the basis of newly dated material from the Quercy Phosphorites (south‐western France). A significant diversification of the group occurred at the end of the Eocene. Few species seem to have persisted through the Eocene/Oligocene boundary, but the Cainotheriidae subsequently diversified rapidly during the early Oligocene. © 2005 The Linnean Society of London, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society , 2005, 144 , 145−166.