Evolution of Neogene mammals in Eurasia: environmental forcing and biotic interactions

M Fortelius, JT Eronen, F Kaya, H Tang… - Annual Review of …, 2014 - annualreviews.org
The relative weights of physical forcing and biotic interaction as drivers of evolutionary
change have been debated in evolutionary theory. The recent finding that species, genera …

Old world hipparion evolution, biogeography, climatology and ecology

RL Bernor, F Kaya, A Kaakinen, J Saarinen… - Earth-Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
Nearly five decades ago Berggren and Van Couvering proposed an Old World “Hipparion
Datum” wherein a North American Hipparion extended its range across Eurasia and Africa …

Distribution history and climatic controls of the Late Miocene Pikermian chronofauna

JT Eronen, MM Ataabadi, A Micheels… - Proceedings of the …, 2009 - National Acad Sciences
The Late Miocene development of faunas and environments in western Eurasia is well
known, but the climatic and environmental processes that controlled its details are …

Structural records of the late Cretaceous–Cenozoic extension in Eastern China and the kinematics of the Southern Tan-Lu and Qinling fault zone (Anhui and Shaanxi …

JL Mercier, P Vergely, YQ Zhang, MJ Hou, O Bellier… - Tectonophysics, 2013 - Elsevier
Our study of the Late Cretaceous–Cenozoic extension in Eastern China is a kinematic
analysis of faults (≈ 1500 striated fault data, 175 stress solutions at 90 sites) that has …

The exceptionally high diversity of small carnivorans from the Late Miocene hominid locality of Hammerschmiede (Bavaria, Germany)

N Kargopoulos, A Valenciano, J Abella, P Kampouridis… - PloS one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
The present study deals with new material of carnivorans (Mustelidae, Mephitidae, Ailuridae,
Potamotheriinae and Viverridae) from the basal Tortonian (Late Miocene, late Astaracian) …

[PDF][PDF] The late Miocene mammal faunas of the Mytilinii basin, Samos Island, Greece: new collection. 16. Biochronology

GD Koufos, DS Kostopoulos… - Beiträge zur Paläontologie, 2009 - academia.edu
The limited correlation of the old collections to the fossiliferous sites and to the local
stratigraphy prevented safe dating of the Samos mammal fauna for a long time. Two main …

The Plio-Pleistocene large mammal record of Greece: Implications for early human dispersals into Europe

GD Koufos, DS Kostopoulos - … of the Balkans and Anatolia: Human …, 2016 - Springer
Extensive fieldwork and detailed studies during the last three decades have enriched our
understanding of the Plio-Pleistocene large mammal record of Greece. While the unearthed …

The fossil record of rhinocerotids (Mammalia: Perissodactyla: Rhinocerotidae) in Greece

IX Giaourtsakis - Fossil Vertebrates of Greece Vol. 2: Laurasiatherians …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract The rhinocerotids (Mammalia: Rhinocerotidae) represent a herbivorous
perissodactyl family that includes the extant rhinoceroses and their phylogenetically related …

A review of Palaeogiraffa (Giraffidae, Mammalia) from the Vallesian of the Eastern Mediterranean

K Laskos, DS Kostopoulos - Geobios, 2024 - Elsevier
Palaeogiraffa is a poorly understood giraffid genus from the Vallesian of Axios Valley
(Northern Greece), Turkish Thrace and Central Turkey. The Axios Valley remains come from …

The fossil record of equids (Mammalia: Perissodactyla: Equidae) in Greece

GD Koufos, TD Vlachou, AG Gkeme - Fossil vertebrates of Greece Vol. 2 …, 2022 - Springer
Family Equidae includes all the modern horses, zebras, donkeys and a great number of
related species. The equids appeared with the genus Hyracotherium (= Eohippus) in the …