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A Late Miocene Terrestrial Temperature History for the Northeastern Tibetan Plateau's Period of Tectonic Expansion

Geophysical Research Letters, 2019
During the Late Miocene, the climate patterns and ecosystems of continental land masses experienced crucial transitions, but whether the principal driver was regional tectonic forcing or a decline in CO2 concentrations remains debated.
Chihao Chen, Yan Bai, Xiaomin Fang, Haichao Guo, Qingquan Meng, Weilin Zhang, Pengchao Zhou, Azamdzhon Murodov   +7 more
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A new catfish species of Microcambeva Costa & Bockmann, 1994 (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) from southern Brazil, with a redescription of M. ribeirae Costa, Lima & Bizerril, 2004

Journal of Fish Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Among the few species of Microcambeva reported as occurring in more than one hydrographic basin, M. ribeirae has been previously listed from both the Ribeira de Iguape and the Guaraqueçaba basins. However, morphological and molecular analyses revealed that the specimens from Guaraqueçaba represent a new species, which is described in this ...
Lucas S. de Medeiros, Igor C. A. Souto‐Santos, Paulo A. Buckup, Juliano Ferrer, Vinicius J. C. Reis, Mario de Pinna, Sergio M. Q. Lima   +6 more
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Time‐calibrated relationships of a rare cave catfish (Trichomycterus rubbioli): Shedding light on troglobitic lifestyle origin in the Brazilian caatinga

Journal of Fish Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Catfishes of the subfamily Trichomycterinae comprise the most diverse fish group with species adapted to live in Neotropical caves, but past evolutionary scenarios that have driven the origin of these troglobitic species remain unknown. We herein investigate the phylogenetic position of the cave‐restricted Trichomycterus rubbioli, endemic to ...
Wilson J. E. M. Costa, Paulo J. Vilardo, José Leonardo O. Mattos, Axel M. Katz, Valter M. Azevedo‐Santos, Pedro L. C. Uzeda, Rodrigo L. Ferreira   +6 more
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Plastid and nuclear phylogenomics of Cyphostemma (Vitaceae) provide new insights into genome size evolution across sub‐Saharan Africa

Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, EarlyView.
Some African Cyphostemma species evolved much larger genomes as they adapted to dry, rocky habitats. These expansions are linked to succulent traits and specialization on nutrient‐rich limestone outcrops. The findings show how climate‐driven aridification shaped plant evolution and highlight broader genome‐environment patterns across flowering plants ...
Rindra M. Ranaivoson, Romer N. Rabarijaona, Jin‐Ren Yu, Yi‐Chen You, Russell L. Barrett, Ju Zhou, Bing Liu, Wyckliffe Omondi Omollo, Chuan‐Yu Du, Da‐Ming Zhang, Mijoro Rakotoarinivo, Jie Cheng, Chao‐Bin Li, Yang Dong, Ilia J. Leitch, Alexandre Antonelli, Jun Wen, Zhi‐Duan Chen, Li‐Min Lu   +18 more
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Fit for purpose? Analysis of the relationship between skull, beak shape and feeding ecology in Psittaciformes

Journal of Anatomy, EarlyView.
Psittaciformes exhibit high levels of morphological diversity, particularly in skull and beak structure, previously linked to diet and body size. Although there were some levels of significance between diet and beak shape, body mass was a much stronger co‐variate. Diet is not determining beak shape within the clade.
Shannon L. Harrison, Gregory P. Sutton, D. Charles Deeming   +2 more
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First occurrences of Trionychidae (Testudines, Cryptodira) from the Miocene of Poland: Detailed cranial anatomy and biogeographic implications

Journal of Anatomy, EarlyView.
Fossil finds from three Middle Miocene sites in Poland reveal the northernmost known presence of trionychid turtles in Europe, tentatively identified as Trionyx cf. vindobonensis, suggesting a warmer climate that supported thermophilic species in Central Europe during this period. Abstract Modern trionychids (Testudines, Cryptodira) have a pan‐tropical
Yohan Pochat‐Cottilloux, Sergi López‐Torres, Milan Chroust, Georgios L. Georgalis, Marcin Górka, Mateusz Tałanda   +5 more
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Eustatic and tectonic change effects in the reversion of the transcontinental Amazon River drainage system

Brazilian Journal of Geology
: The development of the transcontinental Amazon River System involved geological events in the Andes Chain; Vaupés, Purus and Gurupá arches; sedimentary basins of the region and sea level changes. The origin and age of this river have been discussed for
Mario Vicente Caputo, Emilio Alberto Amaral Soares   +1 more
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Postcranial anatomy of the Miocene hippopotamoids of Toros‐Menalla, Chad

Journal of Anatomy, EarlyView.
We establish a framework for the identification of postcranial remains in hippopotamoids by describing and comparing for the first time two late Miocene hippopotamoids from Toros‐Menalla, Chad (Hexaprotodon garyam, an early hippopotamid, and Libycosaurus bahri, the last African anthracothere) with the common hippopotamus.
Lorenzo Scribano, Fabrice Lihoreau, Alexandra Houssaye, Clarisse Nekoulnang Djetounako, Jean‐Renaud Boisserie   +4 more
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Cold comfort for change: Stream mats as biological indicators of ecosystem processes in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica

Journal of Phycology, EarlyView.
Abstract Glacier‐fed streams (GFSs) make ideal systems for studying climate‐related changes. Some of the best‐studied GFSs are found in the McMurdo Dry Valleys (MDVs) of Antarctica, one of the Earth's coldest and driest deserts. Despite their harsh and isolated nature, MDV GFSs represent an oasis of life in a landscape visually devoid of it, with ...
Tyler J. Kohler, Ian Hawes, Adrian Howkins, Lydia H. Zeglin, Mike N. Gooseff, Diane M. McKnight   +5 more
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A new ape from Türkiye and the radiation of late Miocene hominines. [PDF]

Commun Biol, 2023
Sevim-Erol A, Begun DR, Yavuz A, Tarhan E, Sözer ÇS, Mayda S, van den Hoek Ostende LW, Martin RMG, Alçiçek MC.   +8 more
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