Old world hipparion evolution, biogeography, climatology and ecology

RL Bernor, F Kaya, A Kaakinen, J Saarinen… - Earth-Science …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Nearly five decades ago Berggren and Van Couvering proposed an Old World “Hipparion
Datum” wherein a North American Hipparion extended its range across Eurasia and Africa …

Regional and global context of the Late Cenozoic Langebaanweg (LBW) palaeontological site: West Coast of South Africa

DL Roberts, T Matthews, AIR Herries, C Boulter… - Earth-Science …, 2011‏ - Elsevier
The palaeontological site of Langebaanweg (LBW) is internationally renowned for its prolific,
diverse and exceptionally well preserved Mio-Pliocene vertebrate faunas. The site is located …

The spread of grass-dominated habitats in Turkey and surrounding areas during the Cenozoic: phytolith evidence

CAE Strömberg, L Werdelin, EM Friis… - Palaeogeography …, 2007‏ - Elsevier
The arrival of hipparionine horses in the eastern Mediterranean region around 11 Ma was
traditionally thought to mark the simultaneous westward expansion of savanna vegetation …

The Mio-Pliocene European primate fossil record: dynamics and habitat tracking

JT Eronen, L Rook - Journal of Human Evolution, 2004‏ - Elsevier
We present here a study of European Neogene primate occurrences in the context of
changing humidity. We studied the differences of primate localities versus non-primate …

Evolution of Early Equus in Italy, Georgia, the Indian Subcontinent, East Africa, and the Origins of African Zebras

RL Bernor, O Cirilli, AM Jukar, R Potts… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2019‏ - frontiersin.org
We report here ecological and morphological characterization of the main Old World Equus
in North America, Asia, Europe, and Africa, by comparing the studied fossil forms with the …

A revised (earliest Vallesian) age for the hominoid-bearing locality of Can Mata 1 based on new magnetostratigraphic and biostratigraphic data from Abocador de Can …

DM Alba, JM Robles, I Casanovas-Vilar… - Journal of Human …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Abstract The Abocador de Can Mata (ACM) composite stratigraphic sequence (els Hostalets
de Pierola, Vallès-Penedès Basin, NE Iberian Peninsula) has yielded a diverse primate …

The last Plio-Pleistocene hipparions of Western Eurasia. A review with remarks on their taxonomy, paleobiogeography and evolution

O Cirilli, L Pandolfi, DM Alba… - Quaternary Science …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Abstract The Pliocene and Early Pleistocene three-toed horses of Western Eurasia
(Caucasus, Anatolia, Balkans, Eastern and Central Europe, Italian and Iberian Peninsulas …

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 …

The evolution of equid monodactyly: a review including a new hypothesis

CM Janis, RL Bernor - Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2019‏ - frontiersin.org
The traditional story of horse evolution is well-known: over time, horses became larger, they
attained higher-crowned teeth, and they changed from having three toes (tridactyly) to a …

Hippotherium Datum implies Miocene palaeoecological pattern

B Sun, Y Liu, S Chen, T Deng - Scientific Reports, 2022‏ - nature.com
Here, we report well–preserved skulls and postcranial specimens of genus Hippotherium
from the Linxia Basin, Gansu, China. Based on morphological comparison, the species of …