Describimos un cráneo prácticamente completo y bien preservado de la hiena cazadora del Plioceno, Chasmaporthetes lunensis, proveniente de La Puebla de Valverde (Teruel).
M. Antón +3 more
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Young relicts and old relicts: a novel palaeoendemic vertebrate from the Australian Central Uplands [PDF]
Climatic change, and in particular aridification, has played a dominant role in shaping Southern Hemisphere biotas since the mid-Neogene. In Australia, ancient and geologically stable ranges within the vast arid zone have functioned as refugia for ...
Paul M. Oliver, Peter J. McDonald
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The Pliocene Model Intercomparison Project (PlioMIP) Phase 2:scientific objectives and experimental design [PDF]
The Pliocene Model Intercomparison Project (PlioMIP) is a co-ordinated international climate modelling initiative to study and understand climate and environments of the Late Pliocene, as well as their potential relevance in the context of future climate
Hunter, Stephen +59 more
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Oldest fossil remains of the enigmatic pig-footed bandicoot show rapid herbivorous evolution [PDF]
The pig-footed bandicoot, Chaeropus ecaudatus, is one of the most enigmatic Australian marsupials, which went extinct in the late 1950s probably as a result of European colonization.
Kenny J. Travouillon
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Monsoon versus uplift in southwestern China : Late Pliocene climate in Yuanmou Basin, Yunnan [PDF]
Yuanmou Basin of Yunnan, SW China, is a famous locality with hominids, hominoids, mammals and plant fossils. Based on the published megaflora and palynoflora data from Yuanmou Basin, the climate of Late Pliocene is reconstructed using the Coexistence ...
Mosbrugger Volker +18 more
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Pliocene marine Bivalvia of Vale do Freixo (Pombal, Portugal): updated taxonomic list and discussion
The exceptional Pliocene marine faunal assemblages of west central Portugal have been known since the late 19th century. They include highly diverse molluscan faunas whose study is far to be completed.
Ricardo Jorge Pimentel +2 more
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Contribution of the coupled atmosphere–ocean–sea ice–vegetation model COSMOS to the PlioMIP2 [PDF]
We present the Alfred Wegener Institute's contribution to the Pliocene Model Intercomparison Project Phase 2 (PlioMIP2) wherein we employ the Community Earth System Models (COSMOS) that include a dynamic vegetation scheme.
C. Stepanek +6 more
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The response of calcifying plankton to climate change in the Pliocene [PDF]
As a result of anthropogenic pCO2 increases, future oceans are growing warmer and lower in pH and oxygen, conditions that are likely to impact planktic communities.
P. R. Bown +8 more
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Northern Hemisphere Glaciation during the Globally Warm Early Late Pliocene [PDF]
The early Late Pliocene (3.6 to ∼3.0 million years ago) is the last extended interval in Earth's history when atmospheric CO<sub>2</sub> concentrations were comparable to today's and global climate was warmer.
Head, Martin J. +39 more
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