Gelasian Stage
Age of horses
Age of horses
The Gelasian Stage (2.58–1.80 Ma) is the first age in the Pleistocene, occurring after the Piacenzian (Pliocene), and before the Calabrian.
What happened during this time?
What happened during this time?
Gelasian species, which are more suited for colder and more open environments, replace the Piacenzian species
"Elephant-Equus Event," named for the conspicuous change from Piacenzian elephants to Gelasian horses as the dominant open-country ungulate (Azzaroli 1995)
This event is reflected by rapid changes in pollen, foraminifera, and mollusk indicators from the same time
Large, flightless carnivorous bird, Titanis goes extinct during this time.
