Arid, mosaic environments during the Plio-Pleistocene transition and early hominin dispersals in northern Africa

I Ramírez-Pedraza, C Tornero, H Aouraghe… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
The earliest archaeological evidence from northern Africa dates to ca. 2.44 Ma.
Nevertheless, the palaeoenvironmental setting of hominins living in this part of the continent …

Ammitocyon kainos gen. et sp. nov., a chimerical amphicyonid (Mammalia, Carnivora) from the late Miocene carnivore traps of Cerro de los Batallones (Madrid, Spain …

J Morales, J Abella, O Sanisidro… - Journal of Systematic …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
In the present paper, we describe the craniodental remains of three individuals of an
amphicyonid previously determined as Thaumastocyon sp. from the late Miocene (c. 9.1 Ma) …

A new hypercarnivorous mustelid (Mammalia, Carnivora, Mustelidae) from Batallones, late Miocene (MN10), Torrejón de Velasco, Madrid, Spain

A Valenciano, A Pérez-Ramos, J Abella, J Morales - Geodiversitas, 2020 - BioOne
We describe dentognathic remains of four individuals of the poorly known mustelid
Circamustela from the late Miocene sites of Batallones-3 and 5 (MN10, Torrejon de Velasco …

Taphonomic analysis of the MIS 4–3 (Late Pleistocene) faunal assemblage of Biśnik Cave, Southern Poland: Signs of a human-generated depot of naturally shed …

PPA Mazza, K Stefaniak, C Capalbo, K Cyrek… - Quaternary …, 2022 - Elsevier
The present is a palaeobiological and taphonomic analysis of a Marine Isotope Stages (MIS)
4–3 (Late Pleistocene) assemblage of animal remains and hominin artefacts from layers 7–5 …

Mineralized-tissue histology reveals protracted life history in the Pliocene three-toed horse from Langebaanweg (South Africa)

C Nacarino-Meneses… - Zoological Journal of the …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
We studied the bone and dental histology of the tri-dactyl equid Eurygnathohippus hooijeri,
one of the most iconic mammals found at the world-renowned Pliocene site of …

Coprolites in natural traps: direct evidence of bone‐eating carnivorans from the Late Miocene Batallones‐3 site, Madrid, Spain

J Abella, DM Martín‐Perea, A Valenciano… - Lethaia, 2021 - idunn.no
We describe two carnivoran coprolites found in the pseudokarst natural carnivore trap of
Batallones‐3, from the Late Miocene of Spain. The larger one, comprising multiple …

Taphonomic analysis of Batallones-10, a Late Miocene drought-induced mammalian assemblage (Madrid basin, Spain) within the Cerro de los Batallones complex

DM Martin-Perea, J Morales, E Cantero… - Palaeogeography …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Late Miocene Batallones-10 site (Madrid Basin, Spain) contains several
authochthonous multitaxic assemblages. A total of 15 large-mammal species are …

Anterior ossicone variability in Decennatherium rex Rios, et al. 2017 (Late Miocene, Iberian Peninsula)

R María, E Cantero, D Estraviz-Lopez… - … Transactions of the …, 2023 - cambridge.org
The recovery of a new partial cranium of Decennatherium rex Ríos et al. 2017 bearing two
anterior and two posterior ossicones from the Late Miocene deposits of the site Batallones …

Recurring taphonomic processes in the carnivoran‐dominated Late Miocene assemblages of Batallones‐3, Madrid Basin, Spain

DM Martín‐Perea, MS Domingo, E Cantero… - Lethaia, 2021 - idunn.no
Carnivoran‐dominated fossil sites are scarce in the fossil record but provide precious
information on the diversity and ecology of past carnivoran guilds. The Cerro de los …

Dental histology of late Miocene hipparionins compared with extant Equus, and its implications for Equidae life history

G Orlandi-Oliveras, C Nacarino-Meneses… - Palaeogeography …, 2019 - Elsevier
Hipparionins were a dominant element of the late Miocene faunas of Europe; however, their
biology and ecology remain incompletely understood. In this paper, we explore the pace of …