The portrayal of animal interactions in nature documentaries by David Attenborough and Bernhard Grzimek by Calum J. McKay, Carolin Sommer-Trembo, Marcelo R. Sánchez-Villagra

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Modeling tooth enamel in FEA comparisons of skulls: Comparing common simplifications with biologically realistic models by Eva C. Herbst, Stephan Lautenschlager, Dylan Bastiaans, Feiko Miedema, Torsten M. Scheyer

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Beitrag zur Gliederung des Würm in Mitteleuropa by R. Musil, K. Valoch

“…They contain many palaeontological and archaeological remains. As it is concluded that the Würm period is one of many component parts the generally current interstadial terms are not used, instead names are derived from typical localities of the area. …”
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The future of the past in the present: biodiversity informatics and geological time by Ed Baker, Ken Johnson, Jeremy R. Young

“…The biological and palaeontological communities have approached the problem of informatics separately, creating a divide between communities that is both technological and sociological in nature. …”
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Five hundred million years of extinction and recovery: A phanerozoic survey of large-scale diversity patterns in fishes by Friedman, M, Sallan, L

“…In particular, we provide in-depth reviews of changes during, and ecological and evolutionary recovery after, the end-Devonian (Hangenberg) and Cretaceous-Palaeogene (K-Pg) extinctions. © The Palaeontological Association.…”

To glide or to swim? A reinvestigation of the enigmatic Wapitisaurus problematicus (Reptilia) from the Early Triassic of British Columbia, Canada by Dylan Bastiaans, Valentin Buffa, Torsten M. Scheyer

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A new phylogenetic hypothesis of Tanystropheidae (Diapsida, Archosauromorpha) and other “protorosaurs”, and its implications for the early evolution of stem archosaurs by Stephan N.F. Spiekman, Nicholas C. Fraser, Torsten M. Scheyer

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Memories of the life and creative path of Academician Vadym Topachevsky by Leonid Rekovets

“…This was facilitated by his many years of activity as the director of the Institute of Zoology and the head of the Palaeontological Museum and the Theriological Society of Ukraine. …”
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A new Devonian asteroid-like ophiuroid from Spain by D.B. BLAKE, S. ZAMORA, J.L. GARCÍA-ALCALDE

“…Sedimentologic and palaeontologic data suggest its occurrence was in a near-shore setting subjected to frequent storms. …”
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Large Benthonic Foraminifera Biozonation of Mishrif Formation at Tuba and Zubair Oilfield, Southern Iraq by Ayhem Dawood, Salam Al-Dulaimi

“… Mishrif Formation was deposited during The Cenomanian-Early Turonian, which has been studied in selected Tuba and Zubair OilFields, these wells (TU-5, TU-24, TU-40, ZB-41, ZB-42, and ZB-46) are located within Mesopotamian basin at southern Iraq and considered as a major carbonate reservoir in Iraq and the Arabian Gulf. The palaeontological investigations mainly depending on benthonic foraminifera of the studied wells of Tuba and Zubair Oilfields in Mishrif Formation, twenty-four species belonging to fourteen genera are recognized of benthonic foraminifera, which has been recognized through this study, especially benthonic foraminiferal, indicating four zones as follows:…”
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A new Meckel’s cartilage from the Devonian Hangenberg black shale in Morocco and its position in chondrichthyan jaw morphospace by Merle Greif, Humberto G. Ferrón, Christian Klug

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Diversity and paleoenvironmental implications of an elasmobranch assemblage from the Oligocene–Miocene boundary of Ecuador by Jorge D. Carrillo-Briceño, Jaime A. Villafaña, Carlos De Gracia, F. Fernando Flores-Alcívar, René Kindlimann, Juan Abella

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A toolbox for the retrodeformation and muscle reconstruction of fossil specimens in Blender by Eva C. Herbst, Luke E. Meade, Stephan Lautenschlager, Niccolo Fioritti, Torsten M. Scheyer

“…This approach can be applied to both palaeontological and human biomechanics research to generate muscle force magnitudes and lines of action for FEA. …”
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A REVIEW OF <em><em>RHYNCHOSAUROIDES</em> TIROLICUS</em> ABEL, 1926 ICHNOSPECIES (MIDDLE TRIASSIC: ANISIAN-LADINIAN) AND SOME INFERENCES ON <em>RHYNCHOSAUROIDES</em> TRACKMAKER by MARCO AVANZINI, SILVIO RENESTO

“…The recent discovery of new tracks and trackways also permits, for the first time, the documentation of trackway pattern and to calculate the dimensions and possible functional dynamics of the author of this form which appears peculiar to the upper Anisian deposits of the Southern Alps. A tentative palaeontological attribution of Rhynchosauroides tirolicus and other Middle Triassic Rhynchosauroides trackmaker suggest with some confidence, that the morphology of the trackmakers matches the structure of prolacertiform reptiles like Macrocnemus bassanii Nopcsa, 1931 if this latter is reconstructed with a not fully plantigrade manus and pes, but rather with a semi-plantigrade manus and a digitigrade pes.…”
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On the age of the Late Miocene localities of the Kalimantsi fossiliferous area based on Cremohipparion (Perissodactyla, Equidae) skull morphology polymorphism by Latinka Hristova

“…Kovachev from the late Miocene localities near the village of Kalimantsi (SW Bulgaria), is stored in the Assenovgrad palaeontological museum. In the absence of data on the exact location for most specimens, it is difficult to make a correlation between the fossils and the stratigraphy of each of the known localities. …”
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Accurate determination of phenotypic information from historic thoroughbred horses by single base extension. by Michael G Campana, C Mark Whitten, Ceiridwen J Edwards, Frauke Stock, Angela M Murphy, Matthew M Binns, Graeme W W Barker, Mim A Bower

“…Historic DNA data have the potential to identify phenotypic information otherwise invisible in the historical, archaeological and palaeontological record. In order to determine whether a single nucleotide polymorphism typing protocol based on single based extension (SNaPshot™) could produce reliable phenotypic data from historic samples, we genotyped three coat colour markers for a sample of historic Thoroughbred horses for which both phenotypic and correct genotypic information were known from pedigree information in the General Stud Book. …”
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The taxonomic status of Megalosaurus bucklandii (Dinosauria, Theropoda) from the Middle Jurassic of Oxfordshire, UK by Benson, R, Barrett, P, Powell, H, Norman, D

“…Owing to this uncertainty, use of the family Megalosauridae should be discontinued until such time as its systematic position becomes clearer. © The Palaeontological Association, 2008.…”

Accurate determination of phenotypic information from historic thoroughbred horses by single base extension by Campana, M, Whitten, C, Edwards, C, Stock, F, Murphy, A, Binns, M, Barker, G, Bower, M

“…Historic DNA have the potential to identify phenotypic information otherwise invisible in the historical, archaeological and palaeontological record. In order to determine whether a single nucleotide polymorphism typing protocol based on single based extension (SNaPshot™) could produce reliable phenotypic data from historic samples, we genotyped three coat colour markers for a sample of historic Thoroughbred horses for which both phenotypic and correct geotypic information were known from pedigree information in the General Stud Book. …”

PALYNOLOGY OF THE PERMIAN OF THE MAKHTESH QATAN-2, RAMON-1 AND BOQER-1 BOREHOLES ARQOV FORMATION, NEGEV, ISRAEL by MICHAEL H. STEPHENSON, DORIT KORNGREEN

“…Palynological evidence is broadly consistent with other palaeontological evidence suggesting that the Saad Formation is in part likely to be Wuchiapingian in age, and the Arqov Formation is at least in part Changhsingian. …”
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Reassessment of amber-bearing deposits of Provence, southeastern France by Saint Martin Jean-Paul, Dutour Yves, Ebbo Luc, Frau Camille, Mazière Bruno, Néraudeau Didier, Saint Martin Simona, Tortosa Thierry, Turini Eric, Valentin Xavier

“…In the past decades, various data concerning chemistry, palaeontological content and comparison with archaeological discoveries improved our knowledge of the ambers of Provence, but only those of Cretaceous age. …”
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