Bearing Fruit: Miocene Apes and Rosaceous Fruit Evolution. [PDF]
Biol Theory, 2023 Extinct megafaunal mammals in the Americas are often linked to seed-dispersal mutualisms with large-fruiting tree species, but large-fruiting species in Europe and Asia have received far less attention.
Spengler RN +6 more
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Collagen Sequence Analysis of the Extinct Giant Ground Sloths Lestodon and Megatherium. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2015 For over 200 years, fossils of bizarre extinct creatures have been described from the Americas that have ranged from giant ground sloths to the 'native' South American ungulates, groups of mammals that evolved in relative isolation on South America ...
Buckley M +7 more
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Eighteen million years of diverse enamel proteomes from the East African Rift. [PDF]
NatureResearch into the palaeobiology of extinct taxa through ancient DNA and proteomics has been mostly limited to Plio-Pleistocene fossils1-9, due to molecular breakdown over time, which is exacerbated in tropical settings1-3.
Green DR +21 more
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New mammutids (Proboscidea) from the Clarendonian and Hemphillian of Oregon – a survey of Mio-Pliocene mammutids from North America [PDF]
, 2023 A survey of Miocene-Pliocene Mammutidae from North America is provided. Two important but undescribed specimens from Unity (Clarendonian) and Hermiston (Hemphillian) are reported, and a previously described mandible from Black Butte (Clarendonian) is ...
Göhlich, Ursula +2 more
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Revisiting proboscidean phylogeny and evolution through total evidence and palaeogenetic analyses including Notiomastodon ancient DNA [PDF]
, 2021 The extinct Gomphotheriidae is the only proboscidean family that colonized South America. The phylogenetic position of the endemic taxa has been through several revisions using morphological comparisons. Morphological studies are enhanced by paleogenetic
Baleka, Sina +7 more
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Seed Dispersal in Yucca Brevifolia (Agavaceae)-Present and Past, With Consideration of the Future of the Species [PDF]
, 2001 Earlier descriptions of the fruit of Yucca brevifolia are reviewed. It is here shown that the fruit is a fleshy, sugar-rich berry that later becomes a hard, dry, spongy body.
Lenz, Lee W.
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The significance of the Pleistocene ice ages for the animal migration [PDF]
, 2009 Ledeno doba prevladalo je i doseglo svoj vrhunac u pleistocenu. Zahlađenje naše planete bilo je postupno a počelo je prije oko 800 tisuća godina i završilo prije oko 10 tisuća godina.
Barišić, Meri
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The northernmost discovery of a Miocene proboscidean bone in Europe [PDF]
, 2016 Peer ...
Fortelius, Hannu Lennart Mikael +6 more
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Environment and daily life in the Campagna Romana of the late Lower Palaeolithic. The case-study of La Polledrara di Cecanibbio (Latium, Italy) [PDF]
, 2023 The site of La Polledrara di Cecanibbio (Latium, Italy) is located about 22 kilometers northwest of Rome.Excavation campaigns conducted from 1985 to 2013 revealed 1200 square meters of deposits referable to a river that was active during the Middle ...
Cristina Lemorini +7 more
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Mioseenikauden norsueläinten ravinto sekä sen yhteys ympäristöön ja kasvillisuuteen. [PDF]
, 2020 Mioseeniepookki (n. 23 – 5 miljoonaa vuotta sitten) oli merkittävä ajanjakso, jonka aikana ilmastossa ja kasvillisuudessa tapahtui mullistavia muutoksia, jotka aikaan saivat uusia sopeutumia monissa kasvinsyöjissä.
Loponen, Laura
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