Projections of the sea level contribution from the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets (GrIS
and AIS) rely on atmospheric and oceanic drivers obtained from climate models. The Earth …

Abstract Data on Lesser Antillean Late Quaternary fossil bat assemblages remains limited,
leading to their general exclusion from studies focusing on Caribbean bat palaeobiodiversity …

Among the lizards in the Lesser Antillean Islands, iguanas are undoubtedly the most
emblematic, especially the endemic species, Iguana delicatissima. However, although much …

Biodiversity loss poses a major threat to ecosystem function, which has already been
severely impacted by global late-Quaternary defaunation. The loss of mammalian …

The herpetofaunal biodiversity of West Indies suffered a significant change during the last
few million years that is well documented for some squamate reptilies (lizards). However …

Large-scale extinction is one of the defining challenges of our time, as human processes
fundamentally and irreversibly reshape global ecosystems. While the extinction of large …

In neotropical regions, fossil bat guano accumulated over time as laminated layers in caves,
hence providing a high-resolution temporal record of terrestrial environmental changes …

Several studies have reported the occurrence of fossil remains of a now extinct Boa snake
from the upper Pleistocene of Marie-Galante Island, French West Indies. However, these …

This paper aims to demonstrate how subfossil bone remains from Pleistocene and Holocene
deposits can help to reconstruct the history of recently extinct taxa through the example of …

Viperinae is a subfamily of viperid snakes whose fossil record in the Mediterranean islands
is, until now, restricted to 12 palaeontological deposits on seven islands. Revision of the …