Simultaneous extinction of Madagascar's megaherbivores correlates with late Holocene human-caused landscape transformation

JP Hansford, AM Lister, EM Weston… - Quaternary Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
Reconstructing the dynamics and drivers of late Quaternary megafaunal extinctions requires
direct radiometric date series that are assessed within probabilistic statistical frameworks …

Evolution of the family Equidae, subfamily Equinae, in North, central and south America, Eurasia and Africa during the plio-pleistocene

O Cirilli, H Machado, J Arroyo-Cabrales… - Biology, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The family Equidae enjoys an iconic evolutionary record, especially the
genus Equus which is actively investigated by both paleontologists and molecular biologists …

An overview of Palaeloxodon naumanni, the Palaeoloxodon (Elephantidae) of the far east: distribution, morphology and habitat

K Takahashi - Historical Biology, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
This paper summarizes previous studies of Palaeoloxodon naumanni, including
stratigraphic distribution, chronology, morphological characteristics, taxonomy, habitat, and …

Paleobiology and paleoecology of the woolly rhinoceros (Coelodonta antiquitatis) in Northern and Central Europe: New insights from multi-proxy data

M Hullot, C Martin, C Blondel, D Becker… - Quaternary …, 2024 - Elsevier
The woolly rhinoceros, Coelodonta antiquitatis, was an emblematic component of
Pleistocene faunas in Eurasia, which went extinct around ca. 12.5 ky BP. The loss of its …

Small carnivores contribute surrogate seed dispersers for a megafaunal-fruited liana in subtropical Asia

J Cui, J Guo, Y Wang, N Wu, Y Zhou - Acta Oecologica, 2023 - Elsevier
The megafaunal seed dispersal hypothesis posits that mega-fruits co-evolved for seed
dispersal by extremely large mammals, such as elephant-like gomphotheres, which became …

Osteology of Crocodylus palaeindicus from the late Miocene–Pleistocene of South Asia and the phylogenetic relationships of crocodyloids

N Chabrol, AM Jukar, R Patnaik… - Journal of Systematic …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Fossil crocodylian remains have been documented from India and other parts of South Asia
since the mid-nineteenth century, but specimens attributed to several extinct and extant …

New field observations on the Quaternary geology and vertebrate palaeontological occurrences in the Narsinghpur region of Narmada valley (central India)

R Lal, T Padhan, B Jangra, PR Chauhan, S Sahu… - 2023 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Since the beginning of the nineteenth century, the Narmada River Valley has been well
known for discoveries of abundant vertebrate fossil localities, a wide range of prehistoric …

A 'large and valuable'Siwalik fossil collection in the archives of the Oxford University Museum of Natural History

CM Stimpson, AM Jukar, A Bonea, S Newell… - Historical …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
This article describes results from a review of South Asian fossils in the Oxford University
Museum of Natural History. These materials include two early 19th century collections of …

Chronology of fossiliferous localities in Manjra Valley, District Latur, Maharashtra, India

V Sathe, P Kumar, P Chakraborty, R Sharma - Radiocarbon, 2022 - cambridge.org
The present paper is an announcement of first absolute age dating directly on fossilized
bones and teeth of the Pleistocene mammalian fauna from the Manjra valley, District Latur …

Geoarchaeology in India in the 21st Century: an Outsider's Perspective

R Dennell - Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 2023 - lyellcollection.org
Progress over the last 20 years in establishing reliable benchmarks in the Paleolithic of India
has been uneven but major successes have been the dating of the earliest Acheulean …