Neogene hyperaridity in Arabia drove the directions of mammalian dispersal between Africa and Eurasia

M Böhme, N Spassov, MR Majidifard… - … earth & environment, 2021 - nature.com
The evolution of the present-day African savannah fauna has been substantially influenced
by the dispersal of Eurasian ancestors into Africa. The ancestors evolved endemically …

Eucyon khoikhoi sp. nov. (Carnivora: Canidae) from Langebaanweg 'E' Quarry (early Pliocene, South Africa): the most complete African canini from the Mio-Pliocene

A Valenciano, J Morales… - Zoological Journal of the …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
A new medium-sized canid, Eucyon khoikhoi sp. nov., is described from the early Pliocene
site of Langebaanweg 'E'Quarry (South Africa). It possesses a robust dentition with large …

A revision of the fossil Canidae (Mammalia) of north‐western Africa

D Geraads - Palaeontology, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
The fossil record of the Canidae in North‐western Africa begins near the Miocene–Pliocene
boundary with a form close to Nyctereutes, a genus best known in the late Pliocene of Ahl al …

First record of Mesopithecus (Cercopithecidae, Colobinae) from the Miocene of the Iberian Peninsula

DM Alba, P Montoya, M Pina, L Rook, J Abella… - Journal of Human …, 2015 - Elsevier
We report dental remains of the extinct colobine monkey Mesopithecus from the Turolian
(MN13, Late Miocene, ca. 6.23 Ma) locality of Venta del Moro (Valencia, Spain). They …

The wide ranging genus Eucyon Tedford & Qiu, 1996 (mammalia, carnivora, canidae, canini) in the mio-pliocene of the old world

L Rook - Geodiversitas, 2009 - BioOne
The occurrence of the Tribe Canini (subfamily Caninae) in the Hemphillian (Mio-Pliocene) of
North America has been long known without finding contemporary relatives in the Old World …

The Ventian mammal age (Lastest Miocene): present state

J Morales, P Peláez-Campomanes, J Abella… - … , vol. 28, num. 2, p. 149 …, 2013 - diposit.ub.edu
The Ventian land mammal age includes most of the Spanish faunas assigned to the
biochronologic unit MN 13. It is correlatable with the Messinian, although it may include, in …

Musteloidea (Carnivora, Mammalia) del Mioceno Superior de Venta del Moro (Valencia, España)

P Montoya, J Morales, J Abella - Estudios Geológicos, 2011 - estudiosgeol.revistas.csic.es
Se describen los Musteloidea procedentes del Mioceno terminal (MN13) de Venta del Moro
(Valencia, España). Se han determinado los siguientes taxones: Martes ginsburgi nov. sp …

"Canis" ferox Revisited: Diet Ecomorphology of Some Long Gone (Late Miocene and Pliocene) Fossil Dogs

S Bartolini Lucenti, L Rook - Journal of Mammalian Evolution, 2021 - Springer
The late Miocene was a period of great radiation for the subfamily Caninae in North
America. During this time, the early taxa of the two tribes of this subfamily, Vulpini and …

Nyctereutes megamastoides (Canidae, Mammalia) from the early and middle Villafranchian (late Pliocene and early Pleistocene) of the Lower Valdarno (Firenze and …

S Bartolini Lucenti - Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia, 2017 - flore.unifi.it
Among living canids, the genus Nyctereutes Temminck, 1838 was the first to appear in the
Western European fossil record. In the Italian Peninsula, scanty remains from a few Plio …

The fossil record of the Neogene Carnivore Mammals from Spain

J Morales, JL Cantalapiedra, A Valenciano… - Palaeobiodiversity and …, 2015 - Springer
Abstract Carnivore mammals (Carnivora, Mammalia) constitute a significant component of
the Spanish Neogene faunas, not so much due to their fossil abundance, which is generally …