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This paper reevaluates the phylogeny of early perissodactyls. It reveals large-scale dispersals during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (56 Million years ago). In addition some species previously thought as closely related to horses are actually stem-perissodactyls.
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This page is a summary of: Earliest perissodactyls reveal large-scale dispersals during the PETM, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, January 2026, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences,
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2519690122.
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