New bioclimatic models for the quaternary palaearctic based on insectivore and rodent communities

A Royer, BAG Yelo, R Laffont, MH Fernández - Palaeogeography …, 2020 - Elsevier
Mammal remains, preserved in archaeological and palaeontological deposits, are
commonly used to reconstruct past terrestrial climates and environments. Here we propose …

Assembly of modern mammal community structure driven by Late Cretaceous dental evolution, rise of flowering plants, and dinosaur demise

M Chen, CAE Strömberg, GP Wilson - Proceedings of the National …, 2019 - pnas.org
The long-standing view that Mesozoic mammaliaforms living in dinosaur-dominated
ecosystems were ecologically constrained to small size and insectivory has been …

Ecometric estimation of present and past climate of North America using crown heights of rodents and lagomorphs

JA Schap, JX Samuels, TA Joyner - Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology …, 2021 - Elsevier
Studies of large herbivorous mammal (ungulate) communities have revealed an association
between increased tooth crown height (hypsodonty) and a shift to more arid environments …

Musk Deer on the Run–Dispersal of Miocene Moschidae in the Context of Environmental Changes

M Aiglstorfer, IM Sánchez, SQ Wang, J Morales… - Evolution of Cenozoic …, 2023 - Springer
The aim of this review is, first of all, to summarize our knowledge on Miocene Moschidae
and provide a helpful tool for the determination of moschids in Miocene faunas. Secondly, it …

Miocene of Finland? Discoveries of Neogene microfossil assemblages and mammal fossils from northern Europe

J Saarinen, JS Salonen - Annales Zoologici Fennici, 2024 - BioOne
While there is a rich Miocene fossil record from Europe, it is heavily biased to areas south of
50° N, and Miocene records from northern Europe are very scarce. Especially Fennoscandia …

Early evidence of continental aridity and open-habitat grasslands in Europe as revealed by the Middle Miocene microflora of the Madrid Basin

M Casas-Gallego, JM Postigo-Mijarra… - Palaeogeography …, 2021 - Elsevier
In this study we present a new, extensive palaeobotanical and palaeoclimatic record from 85
microfloral assemblages of Middle Miocene (late Langhian–early Serravallian) age …

[PDF][PDF] Diggers, gliders and runners: the squirrels from the Ribesalbes–Alcora Basin (East of Spain)

VD Crespo, A Fagoaga, FJ Ruiz-Sanchez… - Bulletin of …, 2021 - geology.cz
The Campisano Ravine in the RibesalbesAlcora Basin (Spain, early Miocene, biozone C,
MN 4) yielded a relatively diverse assemblage of squirrels, composed by the ground …

[HTML][HTML] A new gigantic carnivore (Carnivora, Amphicyonidae) from the late middle Miocene of France

F Solé, JF Lesport, A Heitz, B Mennecart - PeerJ, 2022 - peerj.com
Serravallian terrestrial vertebrates are very uncommon in the northern margin of the
Pyrenean Mountains. A mandible of a new large sized amphicyonid (ca. 200 kg) is here …

Proposal of the colour pattern reconstruction of basal cervids

J Gamarra, KA Vega-Pagan… - … Transactions of the …, 2023 - cambridge.org
Methodologies that analyse the colouration and external appearance of extant species are
very useful tools when facing one of the greatest challenges in the palaeoartistic …

Dissemination Of Paleontological Heritage Through The Use Of New Technologies: The Example Of The Somosaguas Site (Madrid, Spain)

JA Cárdaba, M Presumido, O Fesharaki… - INTED2018 …, 2018 - library.iated.org
Many studies have demonstrated Spanish students have an alarmingly scarce geological
and paleontological knowledge. Furthermore, this knowledge deficit extends throughout our …