Genomics and the evolutionary history of equids

P Librado, L Orlando - Annual Review of Animal Biosciences, 2021 - annualreviews.org
The equid family contains only one single extant genus, Equus, including seven living
species grouped into horses on the one hand and zebras and asses on the other. In …

An updated review on Equus stenonis (Mammalia, Perissodactyla): New implications for the European early Pleistocene Equus taxonomy and paleoecology, and …

O Cirilli, J Saarinen, L Pandolfi, L Rook… - Quaternary Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
Equus stenonis is one of the most iconic fossil species of the Early Pleistocene. Although it is
known from the 19th century, its taxonomic and evolutionary position has been extensively …

[HTML][HTML] Evolution of the family Equidae, subfamily Equinae, in North, central and south America, Eurasia and Africa during the plio-pleistocene

O Cirilli, H Machado, J Arroyo-Cabrales… - Biology, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The family Equidae enjoys an iconic evolutionary record, especially the
genus Equus which is actively investigated by both paleontologists and molecular biologists …

Testing Equid Body Mass Estimate Equations on Modern Zebras—With Implications to Understanding the Relationship of Body Size, Diet, and Habitats of Equus in …

J Saarinen, O Cirilli, F Strani, K Meshida… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The monodactyl horses of the genus Equus originated in North America during the Pliocene,
and from the beginning of the Pleistocene, they have been an essential part of the large …

Zoogeographic significance of Dmanisi large mammal assemblage

S Bartolini-Lucenti, O Cirilli, L Pandolfi… - Journal of Human …, 2022 - Elsevier
We undertake a comparative mammalian zoogeographic analysis with the aim of revealing
the extent to which the Dmanisi Early Pleistocene large mammal assemblage resembles, at …

[KNIHA][B] Evolution and fossil record of African Proboscidea

WJ Sanders - 2023 - books.google.com
This book details the long, diverse, and complex phylogenetic history of elephants and their
fossil relatives (the Proboscidea), whose origin is deeply embedded some 60 million years …

Late Cenozoic mammalian faunal evolution at the **yuan Cave site of Luotuo Hill, dalian, northeast China

C **, Y Wang, J Liu, J Ge, B Zhao, J Liu, H Zhang… - Quaternary …, 2021 - Elsevier
Recently, rich fossiliferous deposits dated to the late Cenozoic have been discovered from
**yuan Cave at Luotuo Hill, an extremely large-sized cave site situated within in the Dalian …

New insights on the Early Pleistocene equids from Roca-Neyra (France, central Europe): implications for the Hipparion LAD and the Equus FAD in Europe

O Cirilli, RL Bernor, L Rook - Journal of Paleontology, 2021 - cambridge.org
We undertake a redescription of the equid sample from the Early Pleistocene of Roca-Neyra,
France. This locality has been recently calibrated at the Pliocene/Pleistocene boundary …

Evolution of Old World Equus and origin of the zebra-ass clade

O Cirilli, L Pandolfi, L Rook, RL Bernor - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Evolution of the genus Equus has been a matter of long debate with a multitude of
hypotheses. Currently, there is no consensus on either the taxonomic content nor phylogeny …

Target Deformation of the Equus stenonis Holotype Skull: A Virtual Reconstruction

O Cirilli, M Melchionna, C Serio, RL Bernor… - Frontiers in Earth …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Equus stenonis is one of the most prevalent European Pleistocene fossil horses. It is
believed to be the possible ancestor of all Old World Early Pleistocene Equus, extant zebras …