Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2018 The present study was conducted at Panchet Hill (Garh Panchkot), Purulia, West Bengal between June 2013 and May 2015. Multiple methods were used for making a consolidated checklist and comments on the relative abundance of vertebrate diversity ...
Sanjib Chattopadhyay +2 more
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Morphological modularity in the vertebral column of Felidae (Mammalia, Carnivora)
BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2017 BackgroundPrevious studies have demonstrated that the clear morphological differences among vertebrae across the presacral column are accompanied by heterogeneous functional signals in vertebral shape.
M. Randau, A. Goswami
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A new Megatheriinae skull (Xenarthra, Tardigrada) from the pliocene of northern venezuela – Implications for a giant sloth dispersal to central and North America [PDF]
, 2018 A skull of a ground sloth from the Pliocene San Gregorio Formation documents a northern neotropical occurrence of a megatheriine that addresses issues on intraspecific variation and biogeography. The new specimen is broadly similar in size and morphology
Brandoni, Diego +3 more
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Estudios Geologicos, 1996 Se describen nuevos restos de sigmodontinos provenientes de la localidad Bajo San José (sudoeste de la provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina), de Edad Ensenadense (Pleistoceno temprano-medio).
U. F. J. Pardiñas, C. Deschamps
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Salishicetus meadi, a new aetiocetid from the late Oligocene of Washington State and implications for feeding transitions in early mysticete evolution [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2018 Living baleen whales, or Mysticeti, lack teeth and instead feed using keratinous baleen plates to sieve prey-laden water. This feeding strategy is profoundly different from that of their toothed ancestors, which processed prey using the differentiated ...
Carlos Mauricio Peredo +1 more
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A critical revision of the fossil record, stratigraphy and diversity of the Neogene seal genus Monotherium (Carnivora, Phocidae) [PDF]
, 2018 Historically, Monotherium had been one of the few genera of extinct Phocidae (true seals) that served as a wastebin taxon. Consequently, it did neither aid in understanding phylogenetic relationships of extinct Phocidae, nor in understanding seal ...
Dewaele, Leonard +2 more
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Estudios Geologicos, 2011 Una nueva especie de úrsido primitivo, Agriarctos beatrix procedente de la localidad de Nombrevilla 2 (Zaragoza, cuenca de Calatayud-Daroca) es descrita en este trabajo.
J. Abella, P. Montoya, J. Morales
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Unravelling intravertebral integration, modularity and disparity in Felidae (Mammalia)
Evolution & Development, 2017 Morphological integration and modularity, which describe the relationships among morphological attributes and reflect genetic, developmental, and functional interactions, have been hypothesized to be major influences on trait responses to selection and ...
M. Randau, A. Goswami
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On the development of the chondrocranium and the histological anatomy of the head in perinatal stages of marsupial mammals [PDF]
, 2017 An overview of the literature on the chondrocranium of marsupial mammals reveals a relative conservatism in shape and structures. We document the histological cranial anatomy of individuals representing Monodelphis domestica, Dromiciops gliroides ...
Forasiepi, Analia Marta +1 more
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