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Early Pliocene Varanus (Squamata, Varanidae) remains from Megalo Emvolon, Thessaloniki, Greece

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
The article describes new cranial and postcranial varanid material from Megalo Emvolon Lower Pliocene vertebrate fossil site near Thessaloniki. The fossils, likely representing a single individual, are referred to Varanus cf. marathonensis. Abstract This study describes new fossil varanid material from a recently discovered fossil spot (MVL site) at ...
Chara Drakopoulou, Georgios L. Georgalis, Georgios Lazaridis, Dimitris S. Kostopoulos   +3 more
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Comparing the Last Interglacial (MIS 5e) with the present interglacial period (MIS 1) using a multidimensional functional diversity analysis: The marine molluscs from Santa Maria Island (Azores Archipelago, central Atlantic) as a case study

Journal of Quaternary Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Marine fossil records hold outstanding importance for ecological, evolutionary and biogeographical studies. Santa Maria Island in the Azores Archipelago (central Atlantic) features a remarkable marine fossil record spanning from the Pliocene to recent times.
Sérgio P. Ávila, Samuel Arruda, Luís Silva, Ana Hipólito, Rui Quartau, Ricardo S. Ramalho, Patrícia Madeira, Carlos S. Melo, Lara Baptista, Ana Cristina Rebelo, Gustavo M. Martins, Gonçalo Castela Ávila, Mohamed Amine Doukani, Esther Martín‐González, Daniele Scarponi, Alfred Uchman, Markes Johnson   +16 more
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Body Size Regulates Niche Overlap Asymmetry in the Subtropical Andes Rain Shadow: Isotopic Paleoecology of Oligocene South American Ungulates

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
This study provides the first isotopic analysis of Oligocene mammals from Quebrada Fiera, Mendoza, Argentina, filling a major gap in South American paleontology. It reveals a latitudinal gradient in aridity due to the Andean rain shadow and highlights the role of (semi)permanent water bodies in sustaining diverse herbivore communities. Additionally, it
Dánae Sanz‐Pérez, Santiago Hernández Del Pino, Esperanza Cerdeño, Manuel Hernández Fernández, Laura Domingo   +4 more
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Homo luzonensis and the role of homoplasy in the morphology of hominin insular species

Cladistics, EarlyView.
Abstract Homo luzonensis lived during the upper Pleistocene in the northern Philippines, east of the Wallace line. The few specimens attributed to this species show a mosaic of plesiomorphies for the genus Homo and apomorphies found in upper Pleistocene Homo species.
Pierre Gousset, Jérémie Bardin, Isabelle Rouget, Armand S. Mijares, Florent Détroit   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Aux origines africaines de l’homme

Afrique Archéologie Arts, 2010
During the past decade, the palaeontological history of man has been considerably enriched by the discovery of several potential ancestors of humans, gorillas and chimpanzees in Africa allowing a better reconstruction of our phylogenetic tree (even ...
Brigitte Senut
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Transfer cells in Horneophyton lignieri illuminate the origin of vascular tissues in land plants

New Phytologist, EarlyView.
Summary Recent fossil discoveries and advances in plant phylogeny have renewed debate about the most recent common ancestor (MRCA) of land plants and the evolution of its fundamental organs and tissues. We re‐investigate the vascular system of Horneophyton lignieri, an exceptionally preserved Rhynie Chert fossil central to understanding early plant ...
Paul Kenrick, Emma J. Long
wiley   +1 more source

Pleistocene glaciation of Fenland, England, and its implications for evolution of the region [PDF]

Royal Society Open Science, 2018
Detailed investigation of landforms and their underlying deposits on the eastern margin of Fenland, East Anglia, demonstrated that they represent a series of glaciofluvial delta-fan and related sediments.
P. L. Gibbard, R. G. West, P. D. Hughes   +2 more
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Microbial mats in dinosaur ichnocoenoses

Sedimentology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Until now, the significance of microbial mats in preservation of dinosaur tracks and in reconstructing the palaeoenvironment in which dinosaurs roamed was rarely studied. Dinosaur tracks are commonly found close to ancient aquatic bodies where moist sediment had once allowed footstep registration.
Nora Noffke, Paul C. Murphey, Roger C. Buntin, Martin G. Lockley   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The complete lithostratigraphic section of the geothermal wells in Rittershoffen (Upper Rhine Graben, eastern France): a key for future geothermal wells

BSGF - Earth Sciences Bulletin, 2019
Between 2012 and 2014, in Rittershoffen, in the Upper Rhine Graben, two geothermal boreholes (GRT-1 and GRT-2) reached the granitic basement at a depth of around 2150 m. The wells crossed about 1160 m of Cenozoic and 1050 m of Mesozoic.
Duringer Philippe, Aichholzer Coralie, Orciani Sergio, Genter Albert   +3 more
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70 years later – New research at Holley Shelter, a Middle and Later Stone Age site in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

South African Journal of Science, 2022
In 1952, Gordon Cramb published the first report on his excavations at Holley Shelter, in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Although Cramb’s work implied organic preservation associated with a unique stone tool assemblage from a Middle Stone Age (MSA ...
Gregor D. Bader, Manuel Will
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