Vegetation context and climatic limits of the Early Pleistocene hominin dispersal in Europe [PDF]
, 2010 The vegetation and the climatic context in which the first hominins entered and dispersed in Europe during the Early Pleistocene are reconstructed, using literature review and a new climatic simulation. Both in situ fauna and in situ pollen at the twelve
Arpe, K, Leroy, SAG, Mikolajewicz, U
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Mammal Review, Volume 55, Issue 2, April 2025.The shrew Crocidura iculisma has a fragmented distribution limited to southwestern Europe. This study analyzes changes in its geographic distribution including palaeontological and modern data, revealing a significant reduction its range during the Holocene due to competitive exclusion by Crocidura russula and climatic changes.
Ángel C. Domínguez‐García +8 more
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Investigation of the tectonic framework of the Sumatra
Dizhi lixue xuebaoObjective The tectonic units in Sumatra were considered as the two parts: Eastern and Western blocks. Generally, the East Sumatra block affiliated with Gondwana, due to its late Paleozoic “cold-water fauna” (Alas limestone) and pebbly mudstone (Bohorok ...
SHANG Qinghua +9 more
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Morfología polínica de las Proteaceae nativas de Argentina: una nueva clave dicotómica para su identificación [PDF]
, 2017 A dichotomous key for the identification of eight proteaceous species, native to Argentina, based on pollen morphology is presented. These species are: Embothrium coccineum, Gevuina avellana, Lomatia dentata, L. ferruginea, L.
Fernández, Damián Andrés
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Paleocene orthophragminids from the Lakadong Limestone, Mawmluh Quarry section, Meghalaya (Shillong, NE India). Implications for the regional geology and paleobiogeography [PDF]
, 2018 The late Paleocene orthophragminids, hitherto poorly known from the Himalayan foreland basins, are studied from the Lakadong Limestone in Meghalaya, northeastern India, in order to establish a systematic, biostratigraphic, and paleobiogeographical ...
Barattolo, Filippo +6 more
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OLD WORLD PORCUPINE (RODENTIA, HYSTRICIDAE) REMAINS FROM THE LATE MESSINIAN OF PIEDMONT, NW ITALY
Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia, 2015 The goal of this paper is to describe a single upper molar and a fragmented radius of Old World porcupines recently discovered in the latest Messinian localities of Moncucco Torinese and Verduno in the Tertiary Piedmont Basin, NW Italy.
SIMONE COLOMBERO +2 more
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Using Marine Snails to Teach Biogeography and Macroevolution: The Role of Larvae and Dispersal Ability in the Evolution and Persistence of Species [PDF]
, 2012 While some marine animals are capable of traveling great distances, many have limited mobility as adults and spend the majority of their lifetimes in a small geographical area or may even be cemented to a single place.
Hendricks, Jonathan R
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DiversityTwo brachiopod species, Terebratulina tenuistriata (Leymerie, 1846) and Orthothyris pectinoides (von Koenen, 1984), have been recorded for the first time from the Middle Eocene (Late Lutetian) nummulitic limestone beds in the Darnah Formation at the Wadi
Sayed M. Abd El-Aziz +6 more
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The Dynastinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) of the Cayman Islands (West Indies), with descriptions of Tomarus adoceteus, new species (Pentodontini) and Caymania nitidissima, new genus and species (Phileurini) [PDF]
, 2010 The five genera and eight species of dynastine scarabs occurring in the Cayman Islands in the West Indies are reviewed. Two new, endemic species are described from Little Cayman, with supporting illustrations: Tomarus adoceteus Ratcliffe and Cave ...
Cave, Ronald D., Ratcliffe, Brett C.
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BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2019 Background The lake deposits of the informal Ruby Paper Shale unit, part of the Renova Formation of Montana, have yielded abundant plant fossils that document Late Eocene – Early Oligocene global cooling in western North America.
Tobin L. Hieronymus +2 more
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