Present-day relations between small-mammal community structure and rainfall are used to
predict late Neogene (12–3 Ma) precipitation patterns in Europe and Anatolia. New proxy …

An aminostratigraphical study was undertaken to provide an independent test of the veracity
of the East European Mammal zonation. This important biostratigraphical scheme was …

Phylogenetic relationships of 27 species within the genus Ochotona were reconstructed
through mitochondrial cytochrome b gene. Maximum parsimony, neighbor-joining and …

The concept of climate variability facilitating adaptive radiation supported by the “Court
Jester” hypothesis is disputed by the “Red Queen” one, but the prevalence of one or the …

Abstract The fish genus Esox (Teleostei, Esocidae) has been recorded from thirty late
Miocene, Pliocene, and Pleistocene localities where forty-one bone-bearing strata are …

Background The Mountains of southwest China have complex river systems and a
profoundly complex topography and are among the most important biodiversity hotspots in …

Late Miocene continental deposits overlying the Khersonian marine sediments near the city
of Maikop bordering the Belaya River (North Caucasus) yielded a diverse biotic record …

We present new and well-preserved giant salamander material from the Miocene of the
Grytsiv locality, Ukraine. Disarticulated skull and postcranial bones from two individuals are …

Anourosoricini are among the most specialized shrews in terms of dentition and mandibular
structure, showing carnivore-like specializations such as carnassial function and reduction …

522 WEST ASIA AND ADJACENT REGIONS ied paleomagnetically, are known on the
Taman Peninsula, and at the Eldari section in eastern Georgia (Pevzner 1986; Vangengeim …