Известия высших учебных заведений: Геология и разведка, 2016 The 175th anniversary of Vladimir Onuphrievich Kovalevsky, an outstanding Russian scientist, considered as a founder of evolutionary paleontology, is celebrated in 2017 year. Before the classical works of V.O. Kovalevsky, paleontology dealt predominantly
V. N. Komarov
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Oldest skeleton of a plesiadapiform provides additional evidence for an exclusively arboreal radiation of stem primates in the Palaeocene [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2017 Palaechthonid plesiadapiforms from the Palaeocene of western North America have long been recognized as among the oldest and most primitive euarchontan mammals, a group that includes extant primates, colugos and treeshrews.
Stephen G. B. Chester +4 more
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Molecular Taphonomy of Heme: Chemical Degradation of Hemin under Presumed Fossilization Conditions
Molecules, 2023 The metalloporphyrin heme acts as the oxygen-complexing prosthetic group of hemoglobin in blood. Heme has been noted to survive for many millions of years in fossils. Here, we investigate its stability and degradation under various conditions expected to
Mariam Tahoun +4 more
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New early Eocene tapiromorph perissodactyls from the Ghazij Formation of Pakistan, with implications for mammalian biochronology in Asia [PDF]
, 2012 Early Eocene mammals from Indo-Pakistan have only recently come under study. Here we describe the first tapiromorph perissodactyls from the subcontinent. Gandheralophus minor n. gen. and n. sp. and G. robustus n. sp.
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Impacts of invasive rats on Hawaiian cave resources
International Journal of Speleology, 2020 Although there are no published studies and limited data documenting damage by rodents in Hawaiian caves, our incidental observations during more than 40 years of surveying caves indicate that introduced rodents, especially the roof rat, Rattus rattus ...
Francis G. Howarth, Fred D. Stone
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Land, 2022 The important paleontological and archaeological discoveries made in Tamajón in recent years have enriched the exceptional natural and cultural heritage of this town in the north of the Guadalajara province (central Spain).
Fernando Barroso-Barcenilla +8 more
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A new dromaeosaurid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous Wulansuhai Formation of Inner Mongolia, China [PDF]
, 2010 We describe a new dromaeosaurid theropod from the Upper Cretaceous Wulansuhai Formation of Bayan Mandahu, Inner Mongolia. The new taxon, Linheraptor exquisitus gen. et sp.
Choiniere, J.N. +10 more
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Defossilization: A Review of 3D Printing in Experimental Paleontology
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2019 3D printing has made it possible to recreate, actuate, and modify replicas of ancient life in transformative ways— revolutionizing studies of ancient life.
Erynn H. Johnson, A. Carter
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PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOGEOGRAPHY OF THE TETHYIAN AGGLUTINATED BENTHIC FORAMINIFERAL SPECIES OF THE GENUS SPIROPLECTINELLA [PDF]
Geological Behavior, 2022 Thirty three small diagnostic benthic foraminiferal species of the Textulariid genus Spiroplectinella are common in the Late Cretaceous-Neogene rocks from many Tethyan localities: North Atlantic (USA, Mexico, Caribbean), South America (Brazil, Argentina,
Haidar Salim Anan
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Paleontology and Evolution in the News [PDF]
Evolution: Education and Outreach, 2008 Abstract This paper is a review of recent media publications and journal articles about evolution and paleontology.
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