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 ...
Leonard Dewaele +2 more
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On Prophoca and Leptophoca (Pinnipedia, Phocidae) from the Miocene of the North Atlantic realm: redescription, phylogenetic affinities and paleobiogeographic implications [PDF]
PeerJ, 2017 Background Prophoca and Leptophoca represent the oldest known genera of phocine seals, dating from the latest early to middle Miocene. Originally, Prophoca rousseaui and Prophoca proxima were described based on fragmentary remains from the Miocene of ...
Leonard Dewaele +2 more
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Reappraisal of the extinct seal “Phoca” vitulinoides from the Neogene of the North Sea Basin, with bearing on its geological age, phylogenetic affinities, and locomotion [PDF]
PeerJ, 2017 Background Discovered on the southern margin of the North Sea Basin, “Phoca” vitulinoides represents one of the best-known extinct species of Phocidae.
Leonard Dewaele +3 more
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A NEW SPECIES OF THE SUBFAMILY DEVINOPHOCINAE (CARNIVORA, PHOCIDAE) FROM THE CENTRAL PARATETHYS
Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia, 2015 Several excavations in Slovakia resulted in the finding and description of a new species of the extinct phocid subfamily Devinophocinae from the early Badenian, early Middle Miocene (16.26-14.89 Ma).
IRINA A. KORETSKY, SULMAN J. RAHMAT
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Revista del Museo de La Plata, 2016 La depositación periódica de capas de esmalte, cemento y dentina en los dientes de los mamíferos es de gran utilidad para la determinación de edades absolutas.
C. M. Loza +5 more
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Characterization of a Novel, Highly Divergent Paramyxovirus Discovered in a Bearded Seal of Subarctic Canada [PDF]
VirusesSeals are keystone animals in the Arctic and a valuable resource for Indigenous communities, but their virome is poorly understood. Through a preliminary investigation of the virome of seven North Atlantic bearded seals (Erignathus barbatus) from ...
Vadym Zaluzhnyi +5 more
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Nacimiento en Cuba de Phoca vitulina vitulina (Linnaeus, 1758) (Carnivora: Phocidae).
Revista de Investigaciones Marinas, 2023 Se reporta el nacimiento de la primera foca común en Cuba. Se describe la metodología de manejo de la gestante, así como las características del parto y de la cría.
C. Guevara +5 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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Morphology and function of pinniped necks: The long and short of it. [PDF]
Anat Rec (Hoboken)Abstract Terrestrial vertebrates from at least 30 distinct lineages in both extinct and extant clades have returned to aquatic environments. With these transitions came numerous morphological adaptations to accommodate life in water. Relatively little attention has been paid to the cervical region when tracking this transition.
Keller J +3 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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