This warmer period started to end when the first continent-sized ice sheets began appearing on Antarctica around 34 million years ago
34 million years ago there was little difference in Antarctica's location.
Since Tectonic Plate theory holds that Antarctica was part of a supercontinent including Australia and India and New Zealand, which split up shortly after the extinction of the dinosaurs. No surprise that it was warmer before it arrived at the South Pole.
Ostracods are cute but not as fascinating as conodonts.
God Bless Pangea and Gondwanaland.
Long live continental drift.
Will someone give Al Gore a super-enema?
This warmer period started to end when the first continent-sized ice sheets began appearing on Antarctica around 34 million years ago
34 million years ago there was little difference in Antarctica's location.