Eomyids: happy old age or premature death? Reconstructing the life history of Ligerimys (Eomyidae, Rodentia, Mammalia)

Autor: Anne E. Blair Gould, Panagiotis Skandalos, M. Ángeles Álvarez-Sierra, Lars W. van den Hoek Ostende, Pablo Peláez Campomanes

Publikováno v: Digital.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
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E-Prints Complutense. Archivo Institucional de la UCM
Historical Biology, 34, 1708-1715. Informa UK Limited

Mortality curves of extinct rodents can be reconstructed by using relative wear calculated from the amount of dentine exposed. MicroCT scanning of molars of the extinct Eomyid genus Ligerimys shows that this Wear Index increases gradually with wear;

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https://eprints.ucm.es/id/eprint/72792/

Early Miocene herpetofaunas from the Greek localities of Aliveri and Karydia – bridging a gap in the knowledge of amphibians and reptiles from the early Neogene of southeastern Europe

Autor: Georgios L. Georgalis, Socrates J. Roussiakis, Martin Ivanov, Massimo Delfino, Panagiotis Skandalos, Andrea Villa

Publikováno v: Historical Biology. 31:1045-1064

We here describe new remains of amphibians and reptiles from the early Miocene (MN 4) of two different Greek localities, Aliveri and Karydia. The newly described material consists of urodelans, alytids, indeterminate anurans, turtles, crocodylians, l

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https://doi.org/10.1080/08912963.2017.1417404