Pehuen Co: Updated taxonomic review of a late Pleistocene ichnological site in Argentina

SA Aramayo, TM de Bianco, NV Bastianelli… - Palaeogeography …, 2015 - Elsevier
The paleoichnological site of Pehuen Co, located on the southern coast of Buenos Aires
province, Argentina, was discovered in 1986 and the first paper was published in 1987. New …

Paleoecology and paleobiogeography of the Baynunah Fauna

F Bibi, F Kaya, S Varela - Sands of Time: Ancient life in the late Miocene of …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract The Baynunah Formation has produced a diverse assemblage of plant,
invertebrate, and vertebrate fossils that provides the only window onto the terrestrial late …

Pleistocene footprints show intensive use of lake margin habitats by Homo erectus groups

NT Roach, KG Hatala, KR Ostrofsky, B Villmoare… - Scientific Reports, 2016 - nature.com
Reconstructing hominin paleoecology is critical for understanding our ancestors' diets,
social organizations and interactions with other animals. Most paleoecological models lack …

Interpreting ecology and behaviour from the vertebrate fossil track record

PL Falkingham - Journal of Zoology, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Fossil tracks represent a direct window onto the lives of extinct organisms, being formed and
preserved in situ. Because track morphology is determined by limb motion, foot anatomy and …

Male mastodon landscape use changed with maturation (late Pleistocene, North America)

JH Miller, DC Fisher, BE Crowley… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Under harsh Pleistocene climates, migration and other forms of seasonally patterned
landscape use were likely critical for reproductive success of mastodons (Mammut …

Genome-based sexing provides clues about behavior and social structure in the woolly mammoth

P Pečnerová, D Díez-Del-Molino, N Dussex… - Current Biology, 2017 - cell.com
While present-day taxa are valuable proxies for understanding the biology of extinct species,
it is also crucial to examine physical remains in order to obtain a more comprehensive view …

First tracks of newborn straight-tusked elephants (Palaeoloxodon antiquus)

C Neto de Carvalho, Z Belaústegui, A Toscano… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Tracks and trackways of newborns, calves and juveniles attributed to straight-tusked
elephants were found in the MIS 5 site (Upper Pleistocene) known as the Matalascañas …

Fossil localities of the Baynunah Formation

F Bibi, M J. Beech, A Hill, B Kraatz - Sands of Time: Ancient life in the late …, 2022 - Springer
Fossil localities of the Baynunah Formation are here described, including previously known
localities and those discovered by fieldwork since 2002. Site descriptions and coordinates …

Herd structure in Late Cretaceous polar dinosaurs: A remarkable new dinosaur tracksite, Denali National Park, Alaska, USA

AR Fiorillo, ST Hasiotis, Y Kobayashi - Geology, 2014 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The discovery of a new tracksite of mostly hadrosaurid dinosaur footprints, made by a herd
living in an ancient high-latitude continental ecosystem, provides insight into the herd …

Hominin track assemblages from Okote Member deposits near Ileret, Kenya, and their implications for understanding fossil hominin paleobiology at 1.5 Ma

KG Hatala, NT Roach, KR Ostrofsky… - Journal of Human …, 2017 - Elsevier
Tracks can provide unique, direct records of behaviors of fossil organisms moving across
their landscapes millions of years ago. While track discoveries have been rare in the human …