What are the limits on whale ear bone size? Non-isometric scaling of the cetacean bulla [PDF]
PeerJ, 2021 The history of cetaceans demonstrates dramatic macroevolutionary changes that have aided their transformation from terrestrial to obligate aquatic mammals.
Sabrina L. Groves +2 more
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Frontiers in Marine Science, 2019 Multibeam bathymetric mapping of the Santa Monica Basin in the eastern Pacific has revealed the existence of a number of elevated bathymetric features, or mounds, harboring cold seep communities.
Magdalena N. Georgieva +9 more
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Comparative bone microstructure of three archosauromorphs from the Carnian, Late Triassic Chañares Formation of Argentina [PDF]
Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 2020 The Chañares Formation exhibits one of the most important archosauriform records of early Carnian ecosystems. Here we present new data on the palaeohistology of Chañares archosauriforms and provide new insights into their paleobiology, as well as ...
Jordi Alexis Garcia Marsà +2 more
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Vanishing waters: water chemistry of temporary rock pools of the Western Ghats, India
Water Practice and Technology, 2022 The freshwater rockpools support high endemic biodiversity but are poorly studied habitats in the Western Ghats biodiversity hotspot. These freshwater rock pools are situated on outcrops at various elevations in the Western Ghats and are composed of ...
Aboli Kulkarni +7 more
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The phylogenetic affinities and morphological peculiarities of the bird-like dinosaur Borogovia gracilicrus from the Upper Cretaceous of Mongolia [PDF]
PeerJ, 2021 Borogovia gracilicrus is a small-bodied theropod dinosaur from the Maastrichtian (Upper Cretaceous) Nemegt Formation of southern Mongolia. The taxon is based on a single fragmentary specimen preserving only the distal part of the hindlimbs.
Andrea Cau, Daniel Madzia
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The Evolution of Equid Monodactyly: A Review Including a New Hypothesis
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2019 The traditional story of horse evolution is well-known: over time, horses became larger, they attained higher-crowned teeth, and they changed from having three toes (tridactyly) to a single toe (monodactyly). Evolution is often perceived as a progression
Christine M. Janis +2 more
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Appendicular skeleton of Protoceratops andrewsi (Dinosauria, Ornithischia): comparative morphology, ontogenetic changes, and the implications for non-ceratopsid ceratopsian locomotion [PDF]
PeerJ, 2019 Protoceratops andrewsi is a well-known ceratopsian dinosaur from the Djadokhta Formation (Upper Cretaceous, Mongolia). Since the 1920s, numerous skeletons of different ontogenetic stages from hatchlings to adults, including fully articulated specimens ...
Justyna Słowiak +2 more
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Scientific Reports, 2022 Desmostylia is an extinct clade of marine mammals with two major sub-clades, Desmostylidae and Paleoparadoxiidae, known from Oligocene to Miocene strata of the North Pacific coastline.
Kumiko Matsui +2 more
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The case for dynamic subsidence of the U.S. east coast since the Eocene [PDF]
, 2008 The dynamic subsidence of the United States east coast is addressed using the discrepancy between regional and global estimates of sea level, elevation of paleoshorelines, and adjoint models of mantle convection that assimilate plate motions and seismic ...
Gurnis, Michael +3 more
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Body mass estimation in Triassic cynodonts from Argentina based on limb variables
Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 2022 Body mass estimations for extinct taxa are fundamental in palaeobiological reconstructions, but little work has been done on this topic for non-mammaliaform cynodonts (NMC), the diverse and abundant Permo-Cretaceous forerunners of mammals.
FLORENCIA S. FILIPPINI +2 more
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