BrontotheresandOtherBigBrutesEvolutionofLargeMa.pptVIP

* * Brontotheres and Other Big Brutes: Evolution of Large Mammals The Tertiary witnessed the diversification of many mammalian and bird groups, flourishing in the tropical conditions.? During the early Tertiary the continents were isolated by shallow seas, and different lineages of mammals evolved on each one (but not before a bit of a lag in replacement in the earliest Paleocene) TheTertiary Earliest Tertiary On land, many new types of mammals appear in a dramatic evolutionary radiation, filling the ecological roles vacated by the dinosaurs. But compared to the majestic Cretace