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PLoS ONE, 2017 Recent exploration of Miocene-age deposits at Nosy Makamby, a small island ~50 km southwest of Mahajanga city in northwestern Madagascar, has led to the recovery of a large sample [82] of isolated barracuda teeth (Sphyraena sp.).
Michael D Gottfried +4 more
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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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Morphology and function of pinniped necks: The long and short of it
The Anatomical Record, Volume 308, Issue 12, Page 3175-3185, December 2025.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.
Justin Keller +3 more
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Late Burdigalian (Miocene) age for pectinids (Mollusca-Bivalvia) from the Pirabas Formation (northern Brazil) derived from Sr-isotope (87 Sr/86 Sr) data [PDF]
, 2017 The faunas of the highly fossiliferous Pirabas Formation belong to the southern part of the biogeographical unit known as "Neogene Tropical America". This unit developed prior to the closure of the Central American Seaway by the Isthmus of Panama.
Del Río, CJ +4 more
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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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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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Ecology and Evolution, Volume 15, Issue 11, November 2025.This study examines the global distribution of marine reptiles and mammals, revealing contrasting biogeographic patterns shaped by their distinct evolutionary histories. Marine mammals exhibit non‐random distributions with elevated taxonomic distinctness in the Arctic and North Pacific, whereas marine reptiles show phylogenetic clustering in tropical ...
Laura Fuentes‐Tejada +2 more
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Abstract Extant sirenians are the only aquatic herbivorous mammals and comprise four recognized species: the dugong, the Amazonian manatee, the West Indian manatee, and the African manatee. They inhabit coastal shallow waters in tropical and subtropical areas. All sirenian species produce sounds, many of which are audible to humans.
Renata S. Sousa-Lima +7 more
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Spatial Insurance of Distinct Ecological Functions
Ecology Letters, Volume 28, Issue 11, November 2025.We present a new trait‐based framework to quantify spatial functional insurance of distinct ecological functions amongst ecological communities. We identify communities that disproportionately insure (functional sources) or depend on (functional sinks) neighbour communities.
N. Mouquet +11 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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