Asian land mammal age
Geologic timescale for prehistoric Asian fauna
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The basic unit of measure is the first/last boundary statement. This shows that the first appearance event of one taxon is known to predate the last appearance event of another. If two taxa are found in the same fossil quarry or at the same stratigraphic horizon, then their age-range zones overlap.
Ages
Direct radiometric dating of all ALMAs has not proven possible. Few absolute dates have been proposed, and those that have been are approximate and based on correlations to faunas in other parts of the world.
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Other continental ages
- European land mammal age
- North American land mammal age
- South American land mammal age
- African land mammal age
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