Climate did in giant Mongolian mammals
A dramatic cooling spurred the disappearance of Mongolias giant mammals.
References:
Meng, J., and M.C. McKenna. 1998. Faunal turnovers of Palaeogene mammals from the Mongolian Plateau. Nature 394(July 23):364.
Sources:
Malcolm C. McKenna
American Museum of Natural History
Department of Vertebrae Paleontology
Central Park West at 79th Street
New York, NY 10024Jin Meng
University of Massachusetts
Department of Biology
Graduate Program in Organisms and Evolutionary Biology
Amherst, MA 01003
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