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Fossil turtles and sirenians from the marine Eocene of Navarre and Jaca Basin

open access: yes, 1998
We report several remains of turtles and sirenians from the marine Eocene (Bartonian) of the Pamplona Area (Navarre) and Santa Cilia de Jaca (Huesca), South Pyrenean Basin. Turtles are represented by fragmentary neural plates and sirenians consist of two
Murelaga, Xabier   +4 more
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On the supposed former Existence of a Sirenian

open access: yesProceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1899
(Uploaded by Plazi from the Biodiversity Heritage Library) No abstract provided.
openaire   +3 more sources

Progesterone monitoring and gestation length in Amazonian manatees (Trichechus inunguis)

open access: yesTheriogenology Wild
Knowledge of pregnancy length and the physiological parameters during pregnancy is an important tool for pregnancy diagnosis in free-ranging and captive individuals and for the correct husbandry of captive pregnant females. Therefore, this study aimed to
Rodrigo S. Amaral   +2 more
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JUMPING FROM TURTLES TO WHALES: A PLIOCENE FOSSIL RECORD DEPICTS AN ANCIENT DISPERSAL OF CHELONIBIA ON MYSTICETES

open access: yesRivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia, 2016
The barnacles included in the superfamily Coronuloidea are epizoic symbionts of various marine vertebrates (including cetaceans, sirenians, and sea turtles) and other crustaceans (crabs and horseshoe crabs).
ALBERTO COLLARETA   +2 more
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Conservation of marine mammals: pinnipeds and sirenians

open access: yes, 2018
Marine mammals are a broad group of mammals adapted to the aquatic life which depend on the ocean for most or all their life needs. Pinnipeds are highly specialized aquatic carnivores that live in a variety of marine habitats, including freshwater for ...
Pozo Galván, Yaiza Pilar
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New Miocene sirenians from Nosy Makamby, northwestern Madagascar

open access: yes, 2019
The near lack of vertebrate fossils from the Cenozoic of Madagascar has left many of the details regarding the origin and evolution of the island’s extant faunas unknown. However, recent fossil discoveries from Madagascar’s nearshore marine deposits have
Ernat, Rebekah A.   +3 more
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FIG. 2 in Variation in bone histology of middle Eocene sirenians from western Europe

open access: yes, 2008
FIG. 2. — Histological characteristics of the ribs: A-D, specimen AR1-33 from Ardanatz (Navarre); A, general view of the medullar region at mid-diaphysis.
Bardet, Nathalie   +4 more
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Accumulation of Persistent Organic Pollutants in Marine Mammals: A Case Study on Cetaceans, Pinnipeds, and Sirenians

open access: yes, 2022
Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are lipophilic semi-volatile organic chemicals that present a range of challenges to marine biota, specifically marine mammals that often occupy a high trophic position in the food web.
Moorhead, Alydia
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Correction to: New Miocene sirenians from Nosy Makamby, northwestern Madagascar (Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, (2019), 39, 1, (e1570223), 10.1080/02724634.2019.1570223)

open access: yes, 2019
In our paper “New Miocene sirenians from Nosy Makamby, northwestern Madagascar” (Samonds et al., 2019) there is an error in the caption of Figure 3. The images B and F are lateral views rather than medial as stated; and the images D and H are medial ...
Ernat, Rebekah A.   +3 more
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Contraction of the ROS Scavenging Enzyme Glutathione S-Transferase Gene Family in Cetaceans

open access: yesG3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics, 2019
Cetaceans are a group of marine mammals whose ancestors were adaptated for life on land. Life in an aquatic environment poses many challenges for air-breathing mammals. Diving marine mammals have adapted to rapid reoxygenation and reactive oxygen species
Ran Tian   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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