A 617 site palaeobotanical dataset for the Mid to Late Miocene is presented. This dataset is
internally consistent and provides a comprehensive overview of vegetational change from …

Abstract The Mississippi River fluvial–marine sediment-dispersal system (MRS) has become
the focus of renewed research during the past decade, driven by the recognition that the …

A broad compilation of modern carbon isotope compositions in all C3 plant types shows a
monotonic increase in δ 13C with decreasing mean annual precipitation (MAP) that differs …

Salamander fossil assemblages in the Appalachians are notably absent prior to the
Pleistocene. The Gray Fossil Site, a Mio-Pliocene aged fossiliferous sinkhole deposit in …

Abstract The La Brea Tar Pits are a highly fossiliferous late Pleistocene locality, with over
230 vertebrate species, and the potential to help clarify the ecology of Pleistocene …

Background Current global warming affects the composition and dynamics of mammalian
communities and can increase extinction risk; however, long-term effects of warming on …

Throughout the late Quaternary, the Sahul (Pleistocene Australia–New Guinea) vertebrate
fauna was dominated by a diversity of large mammals, birds, and reptiles, commonly …

Despite high taxonomic diversity elsewhere in North America during the Pleistocene,
vertebrate faunas are exceedingly rare in the region of northern Mexico. Térapa, a unique …

To investigate the paleoclimate and paleoenvironment of central Italy during the Middle
Pleistocene, we analyzed the carbon and oxygen stable isotope composition of the …

The previously poorly known “Tapiravus” polkensis Olsen, 1960 (Mammalia, Perissodactyla,
Tapiridae) is now known from abundant, well preserved specimens from both the type area …