Widespread loss of mammalian lineage and dietary diversity in the early Oligocene of Afro-Arabia
Diverse lines of geological and geochemical evidence indicate that the Eocene-Oligocene
transition (EOT) marked the onset of a global cooling phase, rapid growth of the Antarctic ice …
transition (EOT) marked the onset of a global cooling phase, rapid growth of the Antarctic ice …
Emergence of hystricognathous rodents: Palaeogene fossil record, phylogeny, dental evolution and historical biogeography
L Marivaux, M Boivin - Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Although phylogenetic trees imply Asia as the ancestral homeland of the Hystricognathi
clade (Rodentia: Ctenohystrica), curiously the oldest known fossil occurrences of …
clade (Rodentia: Ctenohystrica), curiously the oldest known fossil occurrences of …
Revision of Oligocene 'Paraphiomys' and an origin for crown Thryonomyoidea (Rodentia: Hystricognathi: Phiomorpha) near the Oligocene–Miocene boundary in …
HM Sallam, ER Seiffert - Zoological Journal of the Linnean …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Abstract 'Paraphiomys' simonsi is a phiomorph rodent from the early Oligocene of Egypt (~
29–30 Mya) that has historically been aligned with much younger (<~ 20 Mya) Miocene …
29–30 Mya) that has historically been aligned with much younger (<~ 20 Mya) Miocene …
New fossils from the Paleogene of central Libya illuminate the evolutionary history of endemic African anomaluroid rodents
PMC Coster, KC Beard, MJ Salem… - Frontiers in Earth …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Anomaluroid rodents show interesting biogeographic and macroevolutionary patterns,
although their fossil record is meager and knowledge of the natural history of extant …
although their fossil record is meager and knowledge of the natural history of extant …
Earliest Oligocene hystricognathous rodents from the Atlantic margin of northwestern Saharan Africa (Dakhla, Morocco): systematic, paleobiogeographical, and …
L Marivaux, S Adnet, M Benammi… - Journal of Vertebrate …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Hystricognathous rodents are among the most common members of African mammal faunas
of the mid-Paleogene, but their record has so far remained limited to North and northeast …
of the mid-Paleogene, but their record has so far remained limited to North and northeast …
Hyracoidea from the Oligocene of Topernawi, Turkana Basin, Kenya
The Topernawi area of west Turkana, northern Kenya, preserves a number of recently
discovered vertebrate fossil localities of mid-Oligocene age. The Topernawi fauna provides …
discovered vertebrate fossil localities of mid-Oligocene age. The Topernawi fauna provides …
Oldest record of a crown anomaluroid rodent from sub-Saharan Africa: a new genus and species from the early Oligocene Topernawi formation of northern Kenya
ABSTRACT Anomaluroid rodents (ie Anomaluridae+ Zenkerellidae) have a long
evolutionary history in Africa dating back to at least the middle Eocene, but Palaeogene …
evolutionary history in Africa dating back to at least the middle Eocene, but Palaeogene …
A new species of Apidium (Anthropoidea, Parapithecidae) from the Sirt Basin, central Libya: first record of Oligocene primates from Libya
KC Beard, PMC Coster, MJ Salem… - Journal of Human …, 2016 - Elsevier
A new species of Apidium is the most common primate currently known from a newly
discovered site near Zallah Oasis in the Sirt Basin of central Libya. Based on current …
discovered site near Zallah Oasis in the Sirt Basin of central Libya. Based on current …
Sirenia fossils from Qom formation (Burdigalian) of the Kabudar Ahang Area, Northwest Iran
Fossil remains of sirenians (Mammalia; Dugongidae) are reported from the late early
Miocene (Burdigalian) Qom Formation near the town of Shirin Su, northwest Kabudar Ahang …
Miocene (Burdigalian) Qom Formation near the town of Shirin Su, northwest Kabudar Ahang …
A new parapithecine (Primates: Anthropoidea) from the early Oligocene of Libya supports parallel evolution of large body size among parapithecids
Parapithecines are an extinct subfamily of stem anthropoid primates previously known only
from the Jebel Qatrani Formation in Egypt. Here, we describe isolated teeth pertaining to …
from the Jebel Qatrani Formation in Egypt. Here, we describe isolated teeth pertaining to …