Life History Parameters to Inform Pattern of Prenatal Investment in Marine Mammals
Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2023 Marine mammals are a diverse group of aquatic animals that exhibit wide variation in body size, living conditions, breeding habitat, social behaviour and phylogeny.
Xiaoyu Huang +4 more
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NEW SIRENIAN FINDINGS FROM CRETE ISLAND
Bulletin of the Geological Society of Greece, 2017 In the last five years, the discovery of several new localities of fossil Sirenians found in the Neogene sediments of Crete has increased drastically the number of sirenian localities on the island. Some of the most important findings consist of almost complete post cranial skeletons (localities of Stilos, Panassos near Zaros and Tripitos in Agia Fotia
Svana, K., Iliopoulos, G., Fassoulas, C.
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Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Volume 55, Issue 6, Page 2042-2059, December 2025.ABSTRACT In 2014, a group of nine orca stranded in Te Waewae Bay, Western Southland, and their remains were collected, processed and studied in partnership with Ōraka Aparima Rūnaka. A total of 436 teeth were analysed to determine the location, type and intensity scores of tooth wear.
Carolina Loch +8 more
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Ausgestorbene Meeresküstenungetüme τροχοί resp. rotae
Erga-Logoi, 2019 The paper discuss Claudius Aelian’s testimony concerning mysterious sea monsters called τροχοί (NA XIII 20). According to Aelian, these gigantic but timid animals swim in droves close to the shore.
Elwira Kaczynska +2 more
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THE NEOGENE EURO-NORTH AFRICAN SIRENIA: PHYLOGENETIC AND SYSTEMATIC STUDY, PALAEOECOLOGICAL AND PALAEOBIOGEOGRAPHIC CONSIDERATIONS [PDF]
, 2008 The evolution of the Neogene sirenians along the Euro-North African coasts (southern North Sea, northeastern Atlantic, Mediterranean and Paratethys) has been investigated in correlation with the palaeogeographic and palaeoclimatic evolution of the region.
SORBI, SILVIA
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Chave para identificação de mamíferos da região amazônica brasileira com exceção dos quirópteros e primatas [PDF]
, 1982 Apresenta-se uma chave para identificar os mamíferos encontrados na região amazônica brasileira, excluídos os morcegos e macacos. Esta chave utiliza quantidade mínima de termos técnicos e poderá ser usada tanto por pessoas sem conhecimentos básicos, como
Peterson, Norman E., Pine, Ronald H .
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Ocurrence of Cryptosporidium spp. in Amazonian manatees (Trichechus inunguis, Natterer, 1883) [PDF]
Biotemas, 2007 The apicomplexa protozoa Cryptosporidium infects several mammals, including terrestrial and aquatic species. In the epidemiology of this infection, the ingestion of water and/or food contamined with oocysts comprises the main mechanism of transmission to
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Comparative taphonomy, taphofacies, and bonebeds of the Mio-Pliocene Purisima Formation, central California: strong physical control on marine vertebrate preservation in shallow marine settings. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Taphonomic study of marine vertebrate remains has traditionally focused on single skeletons, lagerstätten, or bonebed genesis with few attempts to document environmental gradients in preservation. As such, establishment of a concrete taphonomic model for
Robert W Boessenecker +2 more
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Marine Mammal Species of India [PDF]
, 2012 Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute has collected and published information on occasional strandings, sightings and gear entanglement of marine mammals for more than 50 years from a vast network of trained field staff located at its research and ...
Jeyabaskaran, R, Vivekanandan, E
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Population structure of Dugong dugon across the Indo-Pacific revealed by historical mitogenomes
Royal Society Open ScienceSirenia, an iconic marine taxon with a tropical and subtropical worldwide distribution, face an uncertain future. All species are designated ‘Vulnerable’ to extinction by the IUCN.
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