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Oldest skeleton of a plesiadapiform provides additional evidence for an exclusively arboreal radiation of stem primates in the Palaeocene [PDF]

open access: yesRoyal 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
doaj   +1 more source

Paleontology, stratigraphy and historical geology problems in M.V. Lomonosov work «About Earth’s layers»

open access: yesИзвестия высших учебных заведений: Геология и разведка, 2015
The 250th anniversary of death of generous Russian scientist M.V. Lomonosov is celebrated in April 2015. His work «About the Earth’s layers» is the most important geological work of Lomonosov, which ideas were ahead of time and concerned different ...
V. N. Komarov
doaj   +1 more source

Palatability of geophyte underground storage organs partially explains their depth in the Cape Floristic Region, geophyte capital of the world

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
Abstract Premise The soil depth of underground storage organs (USOs) of geophytes involves cost–benefit trade‐offs and may relate to USO age, size, and disturbances such as fire and herbivory. Yet determinants of USO depth are poorly studied. We posit that belowground mammalian predation of USOs is a selective force for the positive relationship ...
Tineke Kraaij   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Origin, evolution and biogeographic dynamics of the European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) in Southwestern Europe

open access: yesThe Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract The Pleistocene is a key period for understanding the evolutionary history and palaeobiogeography of the European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus). The species was first documented in southeastern Iberia at the beginning of the Middle Pleistocene and appears to have rapidly spread throughout Southwestern Europe, where it was found in numerous ...
Maxime Pelletier
wiley   +1 more source

New techniques for old bones: Morphometric and diffeomorphometric analysis of the bony labyrinth of the Reilingen and Ehringsdorf Neandertals

open access: yesThe Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Neandertals are known to possess very distinctive traits in their bony labyrinth morphology, such as an inferiorly positioned posterior canal and a very low number of turns in the cochlea. Hence, the inner ear has been often used to assess the Neandertal status of fragmentary fossils.
Alessandro Urciuoli   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

A paleontologia na educação infantil: alfabetizando e construindo o conhecimento Palenteology in the kindergarten: teaching and building knowledge

open access: yesCiência & Educação, 2005
A Paleontologia é recomendada pelos PCN como tema de ciências para o ensino básico brasileiro, sendo freqüente em muitos livros didáticos no País.
Fernanda Torello de Mello   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

An osteohistological analysis of Triceratops (Ornithischia: Ceratopsidae) cranial ornamentation

open access: yesThe Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Ceratopsids are among the most distinctive and well known extinct Cretaceous vertebrates, yet many details regarding the growth and composition of their cranial features are still not fully anatomically described or understood. In particular, striking cranial adornments such as the postorbital horns and parietal‐squamosal frill of Triceratops ...
Kyle D. Obuszewski   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Paleontology in the 21st Century

open access: yesBiology, 2023
For much of its 300+ year history, “modern” paleontology has been a descriptive science, firmly housed within geological sciences [...]
Mary H. Schweitzer
doaj   +1 more source

Nasal soft‐tissue anatomy of Triceratops and other horned dinosaurs

open access: yesThe Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Although ceratopsid dinosaurs possess a characteristically hypertrophied narial region, soft‐tissue anatomy associated with such a skeletal structure and their biological significance remain poorly understood. The present study provides the first comprehensive hypothesis on the soft‐tissue anatomy in the ceratopsid rostrum based on the Extant ...
Seishiro Tada   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

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