The Gashatan is an Asian Land Mammal Age, a large biozone which corresponds to ages between 58.7[citation needed]–56.0 Ma[1] for finds of fossil mammals in Asia. This zone lies within the Thanetian stage of the Paleocene series. It precedes the Bumbanian.[2]
References
- ^ Bai, Bin; Wang, Yuan-Qing; Li, Qian; Wang, Hai-Bing; Mao, Fang-Yuan; Gong, Yan-Xin; Meng, Jin (2018). “Biostratigraphy and Diversity of Paleogene Perissodactyls from the Erlian Basin of Inner Mongolia, China”. American Museum Novitates. 3914 (3914): 1–60. doi:10.1206/3914.1. ISSN 0003-0082.
- ^ Paleo Database: Gashatan