Total evidence time-scaled phylogenetic and biogeographic models for the evolution of sea cows (Sirenia, Afrotheria)

S Heritage, ER Seiffert - PeerJ, 2022 - peerj.com
Molecular phylogenetic studies that have included sirenians from the genera Trichechus,
Dugong, and Hydrodamalis have resolved their interrelationships but have yielded …

Anthracobunids from the middle Eocene of India and Pakistan are stem perissodactyls

LN Cooper, ER Seiffert, M Clementz, SI Madar… - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Anthracobunidae is an Eocene family of large mammals from south Asia that is commonly
considered to be part of the radiation that gave rise to elephants (proboscideans) and sea …

[BOOK][B] The Florida manatee: biology and conservation

RL Reep, K Robert - 2021 - books.google.com
From two scientists who have been at the forefront of manatee research for over three
decades, The Florida Manatee offers an engaging, accessible introduction to manatee …

[PDF][PDF] Early Paleogene mammal faunas of India: a review of recent advances with implications for the timing of initial India-Asia contact

VV Kapur, N Carolin, S Bajpai - Himalayan Geology, 2022 - researchgate.net
In recent years, a series of discoveries of a diverse early Eocene (~ 54.5 Ma) terrestrial
mammal fauna from the open-cast lignite mines of western India (District Surat, Gujarat) …

Feeding in marine mammals: an integration of evolution and ecology through time

A Berta, A Lanzetti - 2020 - palaeo-electronica.org
Marine mammals are key components of aquatic ecosystems. Feeding strategies identified
in extant cetaceans, pinnipeds, sirenians, marine otters, and polar bears are associated with …

Interordinal gene capture, the phylogenetic position of Steller's sea cow based on molecular and morphological data, and the macroevolutionary history of Sirenia

MS Springer, AV Signore, JLA Paijmans… - Molecular Phylogenetics …, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract The recently extinct (ca. 1768) Steller's sea cow (Hydrodamalis gigas) was a large,
edentulous North Pacific sirenian. The phylogenetic affinities of this taxon to other members …

Marine tetrapod macroevolution: physical and biological drivers on 250 Ma of invasions and evolution in ocean ecosystems

ND Pyenson, NP Kelley, JF Parham - Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology …, 2014 - Elsevier
The dominant consumers in today's ocean ecosystems are marine mammals, including
cetaceans, sirenians, and pinnipeds, and other marine carnivorans. The ecological …

A new tusked cistecephalid dicynodont (Therapsida, Anomodontia) from the upper Permian upper Madumabisa Mudstone formation, Luangwa Basin, Zambia

KD Angielczyk, J Benoit… - Papers in Palaeontology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Cistecephalids are among the most distinctive Permian dicynodonts because of their highly
derived skulls and postcrania, which indicate a fossorial ecology. Four cistecephalid species …

Sirenian (manatees and dugongs) reproductive endocrinology

E Brammer-Robbins, JR Cowart, M Calderon… - General and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Reproductive hormones are essential to mating systems, behavior, fertility, gestation,
parturition, and lactation in mammals and understanding the role of hormones in these …

Ghost of seagrasses past: using sirenians as a proxy for historical distribution of seagrasses

J Vélez-Juarbe - Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 2014 - Elsevier
Seagrasses are a notable component of shallow marine habitats, especially in tropical and
subtropical regions. Their fossil record extends back to the Mesozoic, but it is relatively poor …