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Abstract Softshell turtles (Pan‐Trionychidae) are an early branching clade of hidden‐necked turtles (Cryptodira) with a rich fossil record extending back to the Early Cretaceous. The evolutionary history of softshell turtles is still unresolved because of their conservative morphology combined with high levels of polymorphism related to morphological ...
Léa C. Girard, Walter G. Joyce
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Patterns of spinal motion, kinematic spaces and the land‐to‐sea transition in carnivorans
Using 3D reconstructions, we quantify intervertebral joint mobility to investigate how cervical, thoracic, and lumbar vertebral regions evolved distinct kinematic roles in pinnipeds. The findings reveal lineage‐specific adaptations for swimming and highlight the functional significance of vertebral joint flexibility in ecological transitions.
Juan Miguel Esteban +3 more
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Early Miocene aequipectininin bivalves of the Pirabas Formation of the Pará State, northeastern Brazil [PDF]
A taxonomic revision of the Tribe Aequipectini from the upper Burdigalian, Lower Miocene Pirabas Formation in Brazil) resulted in an identification of Leptopecten daideleus comb.
María Belén Santelli +3 more
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The Wan'an Basin is located on the southwestern margin of the South China Sea, and its unique tectonic position has made its filling evolution an important window to study the expansion of the southwest submarine basin and the strike-slip faults on the ...
Daojun ZHANG +6 more
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Some insectivore (Mammalia) remains from the Late Miocene locality of Alsótelekes (Hungary) [PDF]
Six Insectivora species (Plesiosorex sp., Florinia ef. stehlini, Allosorex ef. stenodus, Crusafontina endemica, Miosorex sp., Soricinae gen. et sp.) were found in the Alsótelekes Late Miocene fossil material.
Mészáros, L. Gy., Mészáros, L. Gy
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Abstract Arhinolemur scalabrinii† Ameghino, 1898 was originally described as a strepsirrhine primate (Mammalia) but has been recognized as an anostomid fish since 2012. It remains the only extinct anostomid species known from complete cranial material.
Karen M. Panzeri +8 more
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Abstract An exquisitely preserved, isolated partial petrosal with associated fragmentary stapes is described from the Vastan Lignite Mine (Gujarat, India), dated to the early Eocene (~54.5 Ma). Several anatomical traits (e.g., large petrosal plate; posterolateral entry of the internal carotid artery to the tympanic cavity; bony tubes surrounding the ...
Mary T. Silcox +8 more
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ABSTRACT This study presents a multi‐method non‐invasive investigation of an approximately 4‐ha area associated with the long‐occupied coastal settlement of Rocavecchia (Apulia, southern Italy), situated between the prehistoric fortified peninsula and the Hellenistic‐Messapian walls.
Giuseppe Guarino +3 more
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Mesozoic–Cenozoic Thermochronology of the Tarim–Southern Tianshan System, NW China
Tectonothermal history of the Tarim–Southern Tianshan system compared with the major tectonic events at far‐field plate margins. ABSTRACT The Tarim Basin, an oil‐bearing basin in northwest China, is tectonically and sedimentologically linked to the Southern Tianshan Orogenic Belt.
Shuangfeng Zhao +4 more
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