Revision of Varanus marathonensis (Squamata, Varanidae) based on historical and new material: morphology, systematics, and paleobiogeography of the European …

A Villa, J Abella, DM Alba, S Almecija, A Bolet… - PLoS …, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Monitor lizards (genus Varanus) inhabited Europe at least from the early Miocene to the
Pleistocene. Their fossil record is limited to about 40 localities that have provided mostly …

[HTML][HTML] A new giraffid (Mammalia, Ruminantia, Pecora) from the late Miocene of Spain, and the evolution of the sivathere-samothere lineage

M Ríos, IM Sánchez, J Morales - PLoS One, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Giraffids include the only living giraffomorph ruminants and are diagnosed by the presence
of bi-lobed canines and a special type of epiphyseal cranial appendages called ossicones …

Complete description of the skull and mandible of the giant mustelid Eomellivora piveteaui Ozansoy, 1965 (Mammalia, Carnivora, Mustelidae), from Batallones …

A Valenciano, J Abella, O Sanisidro… - Journal of Vertebrate …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
We describe cranial, mandibular, and dental remains of five individuals of the giant mustelid
Eomellivora piveteaui Ozansoy, 1965, from the late Miocene (MN10) site of Cerro de los …

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 …

Pattern of sedimentary infilling of fossil mammal traps formed in pseudokarst at Cerro de los Batallones, Madrid Basin, central Spain

JP Calvo, M Pozo, PG Silva, J Morales - Sedimentology, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Fossil mammal sites of late Miocene age (ca 9 Ma) occur in hourglass‐shaped, non‐
interconnected cavities up to 15 m deep, hosted in mudstone (mostly sepiolite), chert and …

Application of artificially intelligent systems for the identification of discrete fossiliferous levels

DM Martín-Perea, LA Courtenay, MS Domingo… - PeerJ, 2020 - peerj.com
The separation of discrete fossiliferous levels within an archaeological or paleontological
site with no clear stratigraphic horizons has historically been carried out using qualitative …

New insights on the ecology and behavior of Machairodus aphanistus (Carnivora, Felidae, Machairodontinae) through the paleopathological study of the fossil …

MJ Salesa, B Hernández, P Marín, G Siliceo… - Journal of Mammalian …, 2024 - Springer
Abstract The Late Miocene natural traps of Cerro de los Batallones (Madrid, Spain) have
yielded thousands of fossils of vertebrates, mostly carnivoran mammals such as hyaenids …

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 skull of Decennatherium rex Ríos, Sánchez and Morales, 2017 from Batallones-4 (upper Vallesian, MN10, Madrid, Spain)

M Ríos, J Morales - 2019 - digital.csic.es
Giraffids are pecoran ruminants with bi-lobed canines and a special type of cranial
appendage called ossicones, which are epiphyseal in origin and don't fuse completely to the …

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 …