Fossils of African Fauna
African, Arabian Mammals Didn’t Escape Grande Coupure Extinction
More than two-thirds of mammals in Africa and the Arabian Peninsula went extinct during the Eocene-Oligocene transition some 30 million years ago, a study finds.
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African, Arabian Mammals Didn’t Escape Grande Coupure Extinction
African, Arabian Mammals Didn’t Escape Grande Coupure Extinction

More than two-thirds of mammals in Africa and the Arabian Peninsula went extinct during the Eocene-Oligocene transition some 30 million years ago, a study finds.

More than two-thirds of mammals in Africa and the Arabian Peninsula went extinct during the Eocene-Oligocene transition some 30 million years ago, a study finds.

ABOVE: MATT BORTHS
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