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Morphological homology, evolution, and proposed nomenclature for bear dentition [PDF]

open access: yesActa Palaeontologica Polonica, 2019
Bears are a group of carnivores with diverse diets and complicated dental structure. Several large rearrangements of dental structures are known in different lineages of bears, making the homology of dental structures between the different bears ...
Qigao Jiangzuo, Jinyi Liu, Jin Chen
doaj   +1 more source

Australohyaena antiqua (Mammalia, Metatheria, Sparassodonta), a large predator from the Late Oligocene of Patagonia

open access: yes, 2015
An almost complete skull of Australohyaena antiqua (Ameghino), from the Late Oligocene (Deseadan SALMA) of Cabeza Blanca, Chubut Province, Argentina is described and analysed. For more than a century, this species was represented by isolated teeth.
A. Forasiepi   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Review of the tetrapod skull–neck boundary: implications for the evolution of the atlas–axis complex

open access: yesBiological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This review describes variation in modern and fossil occiput–atlas–axis complex anatomy of total group Tetrapoda with the aim of documenting the range of structural variation throughout their evolutionary history to establish grounds for comparison of the complex between tetrapod clades.
Dana E. Korneisel, Hillary C. Maddin
wiley   +1 more source

Two Crusafontina (Mammalia, Insectivora) fossils from the Miocene of the Transdanubian Central Range (Hungary) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Two isolated teeth of Anourosoricini shrews, Crusafontina (Mammalia, Insectivora, Soricidae) are present in this paper. A complete left maxillary molar was found in the Sarmatian (Middle Miocene) locality of Várpalota Lignite Mine, Pit III.
Mészáros, L. Gy.
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Kunsia tomentosus (Rodentia: Cricetidae) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Kunsia tomentosus (Lichtenstein, 1830), the woolly giant rat, is a semifossorial cricetid typically associated with the Cerrado and Beni domains in central South America. Kunsia was recently revised and includes only 1 species.
Bezerra, Alexandra M. R.   +1 more
core   +2 more sources

Evaluating the utility of linear measurements to identify isolated tooth loci of extinct Hyracoidea [PDF]

open access: yesActa Palaeontologica Polonica
Serially homologous elements pose an identification problem in fragmentary records, particularly those of vertebrate fossils. Examples include individual vertebrae in the vertebral column and teeth in a tooth row.
NATASHA S. VITEK   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

The importance of addressing different Red Lists in conservation studies: an analysis comparing the conservation status of Brazilian mammals

open access: yesAnimal Biodiversity and Conservation, 2020
La importancia de abordar diferentes Listas Rojas en los estudios de conservación: un análisis que compara el estado de conservación de los mamíferos brasileños Las Listas Rojas son importantes herramientas de conservación porque intentan estimar el ...
M. C. Drago, D. Vrcibradic
doaj   +1 more source

The Mammalia of the Uinta Formation

open access: yesTransactions of the American Philosophical Society, 1890
Mode of access: Internet.
Scott, William Berryman, 1858-1947.   +1 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Indigenous peoples and local community reports of climate change impacts on biodiversity

open access: yesConservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Climate change impacts on biodiversity have been primarily studied through ecological research methods, largely ignoring other knowledge systems. Indigenous and local knowledge systems include rich observations of changes in biodiversity that can inform climate change adaptation planning and environmental stewardship.
Albert Cruz‐Gispert   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Soricidae (Mammalia, Insectivora) remains from three Late Miocene localities in western Hungary [PDF]

open access: yes, 1996
The Soricidae fauna of Sümeg, Csákvár and Széchenyi Hill (Hungary) is presented. The following taxa were identified in the fauna: Dinosorex sp., Amblycoptus oligodon KORMOS1926, Crusafontina endernica GIBERT1974, Crusafontina vicina (KRETZOJ,1954 ...
Mészáros, L. Gy.
core  

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