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Evolution and Taxonomy of the Pleistocene North Asian Zokors, Genus Siphneus (Myospalacidae, Rodentia, Mammalia)
AbstractAccording to the concept proposed by the authors of dividing modern rootless zokors and their ancestral Pleistocene rootless forms into the...
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The Fossil Record of Rodents (Mammalia: Rodentia) in Greece
Rodents (Mammalia: Rodentia) constitute today the mammalian order with the highest species diversity and the largest geographical distribution, since...
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Cricetodontinae (Rodentia, Mammalia) of the Miocene Tagay fauna (Olkhon Island, Lake Baikal, Eastern Siberia)
The collection of fossil Rodentia from the Miocene Tagay fauna comprises Aplodontidae, Mylagaulidae, Sciuridae, Gliridae, Castoridae, Eomyidae and...
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Gliridae and Eomyidae (Rodentia) of the Miocene Tagay fauna (Olkhon Island, Lake Baikal, Eastern Siberia)
The s mall mammals Myomiminae indet. (Gliridae), Leptodontomys cf . gansus Zheng and Li,
1982 (Eomyidae) and the new species Keramidomys sibiricus nov....
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Geology and lithology of the Tagay-1 section at Olkhon Island (Lake Baikal, Eastern Siberia), and description of Aplodontidae, Mylagaulidae and Sciuridae (Rodentia, Mammalia)
Excavations along the Tagay-1 section shed light into the composition of small mammal assemblages of the Tagay site. The present paper focuses on the...
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A large Eomys antiquus (Aymard, 1853) (Mammalia, Rodentia) from the early Oligocene sedimentary deposits at Bouldnor Cliff (Isle of Wight, England, UK)
A collection of approx. 150 isolated cheek teeth of the eomyid rodent Eomys antiquus which was obtained from a very thin layer in the Hamstead Member...
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Morphological analysis of Cricetodon aliveriensis (Rodentia, Mammalia) from the locality of Karydia (Rhodope, Northern Greece)
Cricetodon is present in the early Miocene of Greece in six assemblages, Cricetodon aliveriensis Klein Hofmeijer and de Bruijn, 1988 in Aliveri and...
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The First Reported Pleistocene Beaver, Castor fiber (Castoridae, Rodentia), from the Gobi Altai Region of Mongolia
AbstractHere, we report a fragmentary Castor fiber (Linnaeus, 1758) proximal left ulna from Tsagaan Agui Cave (Gobi Altai Mountains, southern...
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Micromammals (Mammal: Rodentia) from Pilauco: Identification and Environmental Considerations
Rodents are small-sized animals that form one of the most extensive groups of mammals. They share highly specialized masticatory organs and very...
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New Data on the Siwalik Murines, Rhizomyines and Ctenodactylines (Rodentia) from the Indian Subcontinent
In the light of new discoveries, previously known SiwalikSiwalik murid, rhizomyidRhizomyines/Rhizomyid/Rhizomyides/Rhizomys and...
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Changes in the Northern Boundary of the Eurasian Beaver (Castor fiber Linnaeus, 1758, Rodentia, Mammalia) Range on the Yamal Peninsula (Western Siberia) during the Holocene
AbstractFragments of birch ( Betula pubescens ssp. tortuosa (Ledeb.) Nyman) and spruce ( Picea obovata Ledeb.) trunks with traces of gnawing by the...
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Siwalik Rodent Assemblages for NOW: Biostratigraphic Resolution in the Neogene of South Asia
The NOW database makes knowledge of extinct mammals available broadly, especially for temperate-latitude Eurasia. We add dated biostratigraphic...
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Live Long and Prosper? Assessing Longevity of Small Mammal Taxa Using the NOW Database
ExtinctionExtinction is part of life. Some groups persist longer than others, as is confirmed in an analysis of the small mammal data in the NOW...
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Regional Topography and Climate Influence the Nature and Timing of Changes in the Structure of Rodent and Lagomorph Faunas Through the Cenozoic of North America
RecentRecent studies have demonstrated dramatic changes in North American rodentRodentia (rodents) and lagomorph[aut]Lagomorpha (lagomorphs) faunas...
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Introduction: Then, NOW and Beyond
The NOW database of fossil mammals was released in 1996, slightly more than 25 years ago. Initially the acronym stood for ‘Neogene Old World’, but as...
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Deperetomys (Rodentia, Muridae) from the Oligocene of Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina
Two new late Oligocene species of Deperetomys : D. calefactus and D. saltensis , are described and the affinities between the various species are...
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Carnivore coprolites from “Gruta del Indio” site as source of paleoparasitological and paleoecological evidences (late Pleistocene-Holocene, Mendoza, Argentina)
In the southern cone of South America, inhabit a large diversity of Neotropical carnivores. Carnivore coprolites are a valuable source of...
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New insights on Hispanomys moralesi (Rodentia, Mammalia) and its use as biostratigraphical indicator
Here, we describe new specimens of the cricetid Hispanomys moralesi López-Antoñanzas et al. 2010, found in Batallones 4 site, which belongs to Cerro...
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Dipodidae (Mammalia, Rodentia) from the Paleogene of south-east Serbia
Isolated cheek teeth of the Asian dipodid Heosminthus primiveris from four early Oligocene localities in the Koritnica-Babušnica basin, south-east...
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