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A new late Miocene elasmotheriine rhinoceros from Morocco [PDF]

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 2021
We describe here the first definite representative of the subfamily Elasmotheriinae in North Africa. It comes from the upper Miocene site of Skoura near Ouarzazate, on the southern slope of the Central High Atlas in Morocco.
DENIS GERAADS, SAMIR ZOUHRI
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Myoglobin primary structure reveals multiple convergent transitions to semi-aquatic life in the world's smallest mammalian divers

eLife, 2021
The speciose mammalian order Eulipotyphla (moles, shrews, hedgehogs, solenodons) combines an unusual diversity of semi-aquatic, semi-fossorial, and fossorial forms that arose from terrestrial forbearers. However, our understanding of the ecomorphological
Kai He, Triston G Eastman, Hannah Czolacz, Shuhao Li, Akio Shinohara, Shin-ichiro Kawada, Mark S Springer, Michael Berenbrink, Kevin L Campbell   +8 more
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First phylogenetic analysis of the Miocene armadillo Vetelia reveals novel affinities with Tolypeutinae [PDF]

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 2021
Vetelia is a Miocene genus of armadillos from Argentina and Chile, traditionally included within the subfamily Euphractinae (Chlamyphoridae, Cingulata, Xenarthra).
Daniel Barasoain, Laureano R. González Ruiz, Rodrigo L. Tomassini, Afredo E. Zurita, Víctor H. Contreras, Claudia I. Montalvo   +5 more
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Small mammals (Didelphimorphia, Chiroptera and Rodentia) of Espinhaço Range in eastern Brazil: checklist updates and implications for species conservation

Revista Espinhaço, 2023
O Brasil se destaca por possuir a maior diversidade de mamíferos Neotropicais. Este estudo realizou uma atualização da lista de espécies de pequenos mamíferos (Didelphimorphia, Chiroptera e Rodentia) registradas na Cadeia do Espinhaço para ampliar e ...
Amanaíra Miranda Norões, Renata Luiz Ursine, André Luiz Maia Souza, Leonardo Guimarães Lessa   +3 more
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A forgotten rodent from the Garden of Eden: what really happened to the long-tailed nesokia rat in the Mesopotamian marshes? [PDF]

, 2020
Kryštufek, Boris, Al-Sheikhly, Omar F., Lazaro, Javier, Haba, Mukhtar K., Hutterer, Rainer, Mousavi, Sayed B., Ivajnšič, Danijel (2021): A forgotten rodent from the Garden of Eden: what really happened to the long-tailed nesokia rat in the Mesopotamian ...
Hutterer, Rainer, Mousavi, Sayed B., Kryštufek, Boris, Haba, Mukhtar K., Lazaro, Javier, Al-Sheikhly, Omar F., Ivajnšič, Danijel   +6 more
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Systematic revision of a Miocene sperm whale from Patagonia, Argentina, and the phylogenetic signal of tympano-periotic bones in Physeteroidea [PDF]

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 2021
Sperm whales (Physeteroidea) include today only two genera of morphologically disparate odontocetes: the largest toothed whale known (Physeter macrocephalus) and small sized forms (Kogia spp.).
Florencia Paolucci, Mónica R. Buono, Marta S. Fernández, José Cuitiño   +3 more
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Diversity and Relative Abundance of Ungulates and Other Medium and Large Mammals in Flooded Forests in the Dahomey Gap (Togo)

Animals, 2022
“The Dahomey Gap” is a human-derived mostly savannah region that separates the Guineo-Congolian rainforest block into two major units: the Upper Guinean and the Lower Guinean Forest blocks.
Gabriel Hoinsoudé Segniagbeto, Kokouvi Gbétey Akpamou, Yawo Konko, John Kokou Toviho Gaglo, Guillaume Koffivi Ketoh, Daniele Dendi, Julia Elizabeth Fa, Luca Luiselli   +7 more
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The paleoecology of the Late Miocene mammals from the Optima Local Fauna of Oklahoma, USA [PDF]

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 2022
The Optima Local Fauna represents an important glimpse into the ecological transition between savannah and grassland during the late Miocene (Hemphillian) of what is now the southcentral Great Plains of North America.
JOSEPH A. FREDERICKSON, JOSHUA E. COHEN, MICHAEL H. ENGEL, TYLER C. HUNT, GREG A. WILBERT, OLGA S. CASTAÑEDA, NICHOLAS J. CZAPLEWSKI   +6 more
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Formation of fauna of Mammals of the Samara region in Pleistocene

Юг России: экология, развитие, 2015
Mammalia Fauna Evolution of Samara Region was begun at the Middle Pliocene. Most of founded fossil Mammalia are steppen forms (67%). Forest forms (25%) appeared later.
E. Yu. Rigina, A. V. Vinogradov
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Ungulates of the middle Miocene Monarch Mill Formation, Churchill County, Nevada, USA [PDF]

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 2022
A middle Miocene, early Barstovian land mammal age vertebrate assemblage, the Eastgate local fauna (LF), is known in the basal-most part of the Monarch Mill Formation.
KENT S. SMITH, NICHOLAS J. CZAPLEWSKI, MARGERY C. COOMBS   +2 more
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