Rise of the Mammals: amazing biotic recovery after The Cretaceous-Paleogene Exti

[Smilodon P.]

Fossil finds from ~100.000 years  to ~700.000 years post-KPgE in Colorado:

https://science.sciencemag.org/content/early/2019/10/23/science.aay2268

Temporally calibrated stratigraphic, floral and fauna data for the K-Pg Interval in Corral Bluffs study area:


Animals:


Plants:


Timeline of body mass increase and niche space in the earliest Paleocene mammals:

[Georassic]

Corral Bluffs is about 20 miles from me. Local news stations gave this announcement lots of coverage. Exciting stuff!