Great American Biotic Interchange
GPTKB entity
Statements (58)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
faunal exchange
paleozoological event |
| gptkbp:beganIn |
about 3 million years ago
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| gptkbp:enables |
formation of the Isthmus of Panama
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Great American Biotic Interchange
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| gptkbp:involvedTaxa |
gptkb:deer
gptkb:glyptodonts gptkb:camelids gptkb:xenarthrans gptkb:procyonids armadillos bears ground sloths horses mice opossums porcupines rabbits canids capybaras tapirs monkeys terror birds mustelids marsupials placental mammals giant birds ungulates giant anteaters carnivorous marsupials giant armadillos marsupial carnivores felids caviomorph rodents giant rodents litopterns notoungulates phorusrhacids sabertooth cats toxodonts |
| gptkbp:relatedTo |
gptkb:Panamanian_land_bridge
gptkb:Isthmus_of_Panama gptkb:Quaternary_period gptkb:Neogene_period gptkb:Pliocene_epoch |
| gptkbp:resultedIn |
extinctions in North America
extinctions in South America migration of amphibians migration of birds migration of mammals migration of reptiles |
| gptkbp:studiedBy |
paleontologists
biogeographers evolutionary biologists |
| gptkbp:usedBetween |
gptkb:North_America
gptkb:South_America |
| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Pliocene
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
5
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