The emblematic Eurasian Villafranchian antelope Gazellospira (Mammalia: Bovidae): New insights from the Lower Pleistocene Dafnero fossil sites (Northern Greece)
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DOI: 10.1016/j.geobios.2020.06.006
Abstract: Abstract A new sample of 65 specimens representing a minimum number of 15 individuals of the Eurasian antelope Gazellospira torticornis is described from the Lower Pleistocene fossil sites of Dafnero (DFN, N. Greece). The intrapopulation… read more here.
Keywords: antelope gazellospira; gazellospira; pleistocene; lower pleistocene ... See more keywords
Evolutionary development of the Homo antecessor scapulae (Gran Dolina site, Atapuerca) suggests a modern-like development for Lower Pleistocene Homo.
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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-83039-w
Abstract: Two well-preserved, subadult 800 ky scapulae from Gran Dolina belonging to Homo antecessor, provide a unique opportunity to investigate the ontogeny of shoulder morphology in Lower Pleistocene humans. We compared the H. antecessor scapulae with a… read more here.
Keywords: antecessor; homo; antecessor scapulae; lower pleistocene ... See more keywords
The oldest platylepadid turtle barnacle (Cirripedia, Coronuloidea): a new species of Platylepas from the Lower Pleistocene of Italy
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DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2019.516
Abstract: Coronuloid barnacles are epibionts of several marine vertebrates (including cetaceans and sea turtles) as well as invertebrates, and are assigned to two families of turtle barnacles (Chelonibiidae Pilsbry, 1916 and Platylepadidae Newman & Ross, 1976) and… read more here.
Keywords: record; turtle; species platylepas; new species ... See more keywords
New species of Ontocetus (Pinnipedia: Odobenidae) from the Lower Pleistocene of the North Atlantic shows similar feeding adaptation independent to the extant walrus (Odobenus rosmarus)
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DOI: 10.7717/peerj.17666
Abstract: Ontocetus is one of the most notable extinct odobenines owing to its global distribution in the Northern Hemisphere. Originating in the Late Miocene of the western North Pacific, this lineage quickly spread to the Atlantic… read more here.
Keywords: walrus odobenus; odobenus rosmarus; north atlantic; extant walrus ... See more keywords