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A new pliopithecoid genus from the early Miocene of Uganda

Journal of Human Evolution, 2006
A partial face and mandible from the early Miocene site of Napak IX in Uganda are described here as a new genus and species of catarrhine primate, Lomorupithecus harrisoni gen. et sp. nov. The face is among the most complete specimens known for a Miocene small-bodied catarrhine.
James B, Rossie, Laura, MacLatchy
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Early Miocene Paleobiology in Patagonia

2012
Coastal exposures of the Santa Cruz Formation in southern Patagonia have been a fertile ground for recovery of Early Miocene vertebrates for more than 100 years. This volume presents a comprehensive compilation of important mammalian groups which continue to thrive today. It includes the most recent fossil finds as well as important new interpretations
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New proconsuloid postcranials from the early Miocene of Kenya

Primates, 2009
New early Miocene forelimb fossils have been recovered from the Songhor and Lower Kapurtay localities in southwestern Kenya. We describe four specimens that are similar in size and functional capabilities. Their specific allocation is problematic but these forelimb specimens must belong to either Rangwapithecus gordoni or Proconsul africanus.
Daniel L, Gebo, Nasser R, Malit, Isaiah Odhiambo, Nengo   +2 more
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Early Miocene Lovebird from Namibia

2023
Lovebirds (Agapornis, Psittaculidae) currently occur in many parts of Namibia including Mopane Woodland and more humid environments (Miombo Woodlands, Savannah), but are rarely encountered in the Namib Desert or in winter rainfall regions. Fossils of this family of small parrot-like birds, also known as parakeets, have been described from the late ...
Mourer-Chauviré, Cécile, Pickford, Martin, Mocke, Helke, Nduutepo, Andreas   +3 more
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Middle Miocene floras of Iceland — the early colonization of an island?

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 2007
Two macrofloras, 15 and 13.5 Ma old, are described from the oldest exposed plant bearing sediments on Iceland. Many of the taxa are mentioned for the first time and a lime tree, Tilia selardalense, is described as a new species. In case of the older flora, differences in the environment are reflected in plants derived from volcanic sediments from high ...
Grímsson, Fridgeir, Denk, Thomas, Símonarson, Leifur A.   +2 more
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Diets of early Miocene African hominoids

Nature, 1977
MOST reviewers of East African early Miocene apes have been impressed by their similarity, as an adaptive array, to living Cebidae. These apes are most frequently pictured as small to medium-sized cebid-like quadrupeds occupying arboreal1–6, fruit-and leaf-eating3,7,8, tropical rainforest9 niches.
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An Early Miocene Passeriform from Argentina

The Auk, 1993
hornbills (family Bucerotidae) in Thailand. Pages 2781-2791 in Acta XIX Congressus Internationalis Ornithologici (H. Ouellet, Ed.). Ottawa, Ontario, 1986. National Museum of Natural Science, Ottawa. POULSEN, H. 1970. Nesting behaviour of the Blackcasqued Hornbill Ceratogymna atrata (Temm.) and the Great Hornbill Buceros bicornis. L. Ornis Scand.
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Systematics of early and middle Miocene Old World monkeys

Journal of Human Evolution, 2009
New information about the early cercopithecoids Prohylobates tandyi (Wadi Moghra, Egypt) and Prohylobates sp. indet. (Buluk and Nabwal, Kenya) is presented. Comparisons are made among all major collections of Early and Middle Miocene catarrhine monkeys, and a systematic revision of the early Old World monkeys is provided.
E R, Miller, B R, Benefit, M L, McCrossin, J M, Plavcan, M G, Leakey, A N, El-Barkooky, M A, Hamdan, M K, Abdel Gawad, S M, Hassan, E L, Simons   +9 more
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The Late Oligocene–Early Miocene Marine Transgression of Patagonia

2018
The most important Cenozoic marine transgression in Patagonia occurred during the late Oligocene–early Miocene when marine waters of Pacific and Atlantic origin flooded most of southern South America including the present Patagonian Andes between ~41° and 47° S.
Encinas, Alfonso, Folguera Telichevsky, Andres, Bechis, Florencia, Finger, Kennet, Zambrano, Patricio, Pérez, Andrés Felipe, Bernabé, Pablo, Tapia, Francisca, Riffo, Ricardo, Buatois, Luis Alberto, Orts, Darío Leandro, Nielsen, Sven Nikolaus, Valencia, Víctor V., Cuitiño, José Ignacio, Oliveros, Verónica, De Girolamo Del Mauro, Lizet, Ramos, Victor Alberto   +16 more
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The early Miocene onset of a ventilated circulation regime in the Arctic Ocean

Nature, 2007
Deep-water formation in the northern North Atlantic Ocean and the Arctic Ocean is a key driver of the global thermohaline circulation and hence also of global climate. Deciphering the history of the circulation regime in the Arctic Ocean has long been prevented by the lack of data from cores of Cenozoic sediments from the Arctic's deep-sea floor ...
Jakobsson, Martin, Backman, Jan, Rudels, Bert, Nycander, Jonas, Frank, Martin, Mayer, Larry, Jokat, Wilfried, Sangiorgi, Francesca, O'Regan, Matthew, Brinkhuis, Henk, King, John, Moran, Kathryn   +11 more
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