Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology '… very useful …' National d'Histoire Naturelle '… a truly masterful compilation of North America's non-Pleistocene Cenozoic mammals. … an essential research tool … ...

In the early Cenozoic era, after the dinosaurs became extinct, the number and diversity of mammals exploded. In just 10 million years -- a brief flash of time by geologic standards -- about 130 ...

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology '… very useful …' National d'Histoire Naturelle '… a truly masterful compilation of North America's non-Pleistocene Cenozoic mammals. … an essential research tool … ...

The Vertebrate Fossil Collections has an outstanding collection of Cenozoic mammals. We are a Federal- and State-recognized repository, and we work with numerous researchers and consultants conducting ...

3 min read At the dawn of the Paleogene—the beginning of the Cenozoic era—dinosaurs ... Rodent-size (and perhaps larger) mammals emerged, suddenly free to fill the void.

More information: Alex B. Shupinski et al, Unique functional diversity during early Cenozoic mammal radiation of North America, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences (2024).