Climate controls on evolution of grassland ecosystems since late Cenozoic: A phytolith perspective

H Wang, H Lu - Earth-Science Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
The rise of grasses using C 4 photosynthesis and dominating grasslands during the latest
Cenozoic is one of the most dramatic events in Earth's history. A growing body of geological …

Palaeoenvironments of the MIS 15 site of Cava di Breccia-Casal Selce 2 (central Italian Peninsula) and niche occupation of fossil ungulates during Middle Pleistocene …

F Strani, L Bellucci, A Iannucci, DA Iurino… - Historical …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT The Ponte Galeria area within the city of Rome has yielded numerous
fossiliferous localities that represent a reference point for the study of the European Middle …

Drier winters drove Cenozoic open habitat expansion in North America

T Kukla, JKC Rugenstein, DE Ibarra… - AGU …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The shift from denser forests to open, grass‐dominated vegetation in west‐central North
America between 26 and 15 million years ago is a major ecological transition with no clear …

Paleovegetation and paleo-pedogenic properties from the upper Miocene Coffee Ranch fossil site in the North American Great Plains

WE Lukens, DL Fox - Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology …, 2022 - Elsevier
Modern physical and chemical soil properties can favor or exclude C 3 and C 4 plants, yet
little is known regarding these relationships from deep-time records that track the evolution …