A quantitative test of the “Ecomorphotype Hypothesis” for fossil true seals (Family Phocidae) [PDF]
PeerJThe fossil record of true seals (Family Phocidae) is mostly made up of isolated bones, some of which are type specimens. Previous studies have sought to increase referral of non-overlapping and unrelated fossils to these taxa using the ‘Ecomorphotype ...
James Patrick Rule +2 more
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A critical revision of the fossil record, stratigraphy and diversity of the Neogene seal genus Monotherium (Carnivora, Phocidae) [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2018 Historically, Monotherium had been one of the few genera of extinct Phocidae (true seals) that served as a wastebin taxon. Consequently, it did neither aid in understanding phylogenetic relationships of extinct Phocidae, nor in understanding seal ...
Olivier Lambert +2 more
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Pinniped (Carnivora, Phocidae) occurrences in the Azores Archipelago (NE Atlantic) [PDF]
Biodiversity Data Journal, 2022 The last Pinniped species update was in 2010, as part of the list of the terrestrial and marine biota from the Azores. This list includes a chapter dedicated to marine mammals, based on previously published bibliography.No new species were added since ...
Luís Barcelos, João Barreiros
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Inflammatory Pseudotumour in Common Seal (Phoca vitulina): A Case Report. [PDF]
Vet Med SciA 19‐year‐old intact male common seal (Phoca vitulina) diagnosed with a chronic ulcer. Microbiology identified Vibrio alginolyticus. Radiography noted phalanx alterations. Macroscopic, histopathological, and immunohistochemical examinations revealed a neoplastic origin with a myofibroblastic phenotype. This report describes the first documented case of
De Pablo-Moreno JM +7 more
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Diversity of late Neogene Monachinae (Carnivora, Phocidae) from the North Atlantic, with the description of two new species [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2018 While the diversity of ‘southern seals’, or Monachinae, in the North Atlantic realm is currently limited to the Mediterranean monk seal, Monachus monachus, their diversity was much higher during the late Miocene and Pliocene.
Pjotr Meyvisch +2 more
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The Miocene seal Monachopsis pontica: isolated in a shrinking sea and adapting to its changing conditions [PDF]
Royal Society Open ScienceMore than 170 years have passed since the description of the dwarf Miocene seal Monachopsis pontica. However, its cranial materials were rarely found and described. This paper re-describes M. pontica and discusses its ecological adaptations. M.
Pavlo Otriazhyi +4 more
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A Multi-Taxa Approach to Estuarine Biomonitoring: Assessing Vertebrate Biodiversity and Ecological Continuity Using Environmental DNA Metabarcoding in the Rance River (Brittany, France). [PDF]
Ecol EvolWe applied eDNA metabarcoding to assess vertebrate diversity in the Rance Estuary, France, across five stations spanning marine to freshwater environments, including areas upstream and downstream of a tidal power plant dam. A total of 124 vertebrate MOTUs were detected, with community composition reflecting the estuarine gradient and species turnover ...
Rachel H +6 more
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Drivers of Viral Diversity and Sharing in Marine Mammals. [PDF]
Mol EcolABSTRACT Knowledge of viral infection in marine mammals, a group severely threatened by human activity, is largely limited to the pathology and epidemiology of few endemic viruses. The recent emergence in marine mammals of high‐consequence viruses, such as H5N1 avian influenza and rabies, underscores the importance of understanding the ecology of viral
Arnold MJ +8 more
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A new seal from the Late Miocene of the Eastern Paratethys highlights the past regional diversity of true seals (Phocidae) [PDF]
Swiss Journal of PalaeontologyTrue seals rapidly evolved in many forms in the epicontinental basin of Paratethys during the Miocene. However, most of their nominal taxa so far were proposed based on isolated limb bones, and their taxonomy has long been under discussion.
Pavlo Otriazhyi +4 more
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Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus) and leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) de novo genomes to study the demographic history and genetic diversity of southern seals [PDF]
BMC BiologyBackground The Monachinae, or southern seals, are one of two subfamilies within the Phocidae and are home to iconic pinnipeds such as the leopard seal, a fierce Antarctic top predator, and the Mediterranean monk seal, one of the world’s most endangered ...
Marcel Nebenführ +5 more
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