Daniel J. Peppe

Terrestrial paleoenvironments and paleoclimate during the Miocene climate optimum at Buluk, East Turkana, Kenya

Understanding the environmental and climatic context of Neogene fossil localities in eastern Africa is critical for determining potential drivers of evolution in our hominoid ancestors and their floral and faunal communities. In this study, we reconstructed paleoenvironments and...

Recognition of two potential warming events in the Paleocene terrestrial record of North America and associated mammalian responses

Abstract Numerous early Cenozoic transient warming events (“hyperthermals”) have been recognized in the marine record but few have been located in fossiliferous terrestrial strata. Locating warming events is critical for understanding how terrestrial animals and plants responded...