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The osteology of Periptychus carinidens: A robust, ungulate-like placental mammal (Mammalia: Periptychidae) from the Paleocene of North America.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2018
Periptychus is the archetypal genus of Periptychidae, a clade of prolific Paleocene 'condylarth' mammals from North America that were among the first placental mammals to radiate after the end-Cretaceous extinction, remarkable for their distinctive ...
Sarah L Shelley   +2 more
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The Postcranial Anatomy of Pachycephalosaurs (Ornithischia: Pachycephalosauria) and its Phylogenetic and Myological Implications

open access: yes, 2021
Pachycephalosaurs are a group of small-bodied, bipedal ornithischian dinosaurs. They are best known for their characteristic fusion of the frontals and parietals into a "skull dome".
Moore, Bryan Robert Schjerning
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Body shape and life style of the extinct Balearic dormouse Hypnomys (Rodentia, Gliridae): new evidence from the study of associated skeletons. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2010
Hypnomys is a genus of Gliridae (Rodentia) that occurred in the Balearic Islands until Late Holocene. Recent finding of a complete skeleton of the chronospecies H. morpheus (Late Pleistocene-Early Holocene) and two articulated skeletons of H.
Pere Bover   +4 more
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Recent origin of low trabecular bone density in modern humans [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Humans are unique, compared with our closest living relatives (chimpanzees) and early fossil hominins, in having an enlarged body size and lower limb joint surfaces in combination with a relatively gracile skeleton (i.e., lower bone mass for our body ...
Chirchira, Habiba   +13 more
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Postcranial skeleton of Spalacopus cyanus (Rodentia: Octodontidae): description and functional aspects [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
El género Spalacopus incluye una sola especie, S. cyanus, endémica de la región central del Chile, siendo una de las especies mejor adaptada a la vida subterránea de la familia Octodontidae. Miembro del linaje que consiste en Octodontomys como hermano de
Pérez, María Julieta   +1 more
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A COMPLETE SPECIMEN OF MYSTRIOSUCHUS (REPTILIA, PHYTOSAURIA) FROM THE NORIAN (LATE TRIASSIC) OF LOMBARDY (NORTHERN ITALY)

open access: yesRivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia, 2003
A complete and nearly articulated new phytosaur specimen is described in detail. The skeleton, about 4 metres long, has been collected from the uppermost level of the Calcare di Zorzino (Norian, Upper Triassic) in the small quarry of Endenna (Bergamo ...
EMANUELE GOZZI, SILVIO RENESTO
doaj   +1 more source

Bioarchaeological study of a human skeleton with trepanation discovered in a 7th-19th century necropolis of Iaşi (Romania) [PDF]

open access: yesMemoirs of the Scientific Sections of the Romanian Academy, 2023
This work is focused on a case of trepanation reported in a skeletal sample found in a necropolis from Iaşi (Romania). According to the discovered coins, the time limits of necropolis use are set between the 17th and 19th centuries.
Vasilica-Monica Groza   +5 more
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The postcranial skeleton of North American multituberculates

open access: yes, 1983
(Uploaded by Plazi from the Biodiversity Heritage Library) No abstract provided.
Krause, David W., Jenkins, F A
openaire   +2 more sources

The postcranial skeleton of Galecyon: evidence for morphological and locomotor diversity in early Hyaenodontidae (Mammalia, Hyaenodontida)

open access: yes, 2015
Hyaenodontidae is a diverse component of the carnivorous guild in early Eocene (Wasatchian) North American mammalian faunas. Although there have been suggestions that early members of the family had diverse locomotor repertoires, few Wasatchian ...
Shawn P. Zack (765229)   +1 more
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Homo naledi, a new species of the genus Homo from the Dinaledi Chamber, South Africa [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Homo naledi is a previously-unknown species of extinct hominin discovered within the Dinaledi Chamber of the Rising Star cave system, Cradle of Humankind, South Africa.
Deane, A.   +348 more
core   +1 more source

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