Search Results - "MUIZON, CHRISTIAN DE"

Palaeoproteomics resolves sloth relationships by Presslee, Samantha, Slater, Graham J., Pujos, François, Forasiepi, Analía M., Fischer, Roman, Molloy, Kelly, Mackie, Meaghan, Olsen, Jesper V., Kramarz, Alejandro, Taglioretti, Matías, Scaglia, Fernando, Lezcano, Maximiliano, Lanata, José Luis, Southon, John, Feranec, Robert, Bloch, Jonathan, Hajduk, Adam, Martin, Fabiana M., Salas Gismondi, Rodolfo, Reguero, Marcelo, de Muizon, Christian, Greenwood, Alex, Chait, Brian T., Penkman, Kirsty, Collins, Matthew, MacPhee, Ross D. E.

“…The living tree sloths Choloepus and Bradypus are the only remaining members of Folivora, a major xenarthran radiation that occupied a wide range of habitats…”
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Osteology and Functional Morphology of the Forelimb of the Marine Sloth Thalassocnus (Mammalia, Tardigrada) by Amson, Eli, Argot, Christine, McDonald, H. Gregory, de Muizon, Christian

“…Thalassocnus is a genus of “ground sloths” known from Neogene deposits, for the great majority of specimens, of the Pisco Formation (Peru). Five species are…”
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A new large squalodelphinid (Cetacea, Odontoceti) from Peru sheds light on the Early Miocene platanistoid disparity and ecology by Bianucci, Giovanni, Bosio, Giulia, Malinverno, Elisa, de Muizon, Christian, Villa, Igor M., Urbina, Mario, Lambert, Olivier

“…The South Asian river dolphin (Platanista gangetica) is the only extant survivor of the large clade Platanistoidea, having a well-diversified fossil record…”
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Bone Histology as a Clue for Resolving the Puzzle of a Dugong Rib in the Pisco Formation, Peru by Amson, Eli, Muizon, Christian De, Domning, Daryl P, Argot, Christine, Buffrénil, Vivian De

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The affinities of Afrophoca libyca from basal Middle Miocene of Gebel Zelten, Libya by Martin Pickford, Christian De Muizon

“…Re-interpretation of the holotype and only known speci-men of Afrophoca libyca reveals that it represents a me-dium -sized anthracothere, Afromeryx zelteni, a…”
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The Origin of High-Frequency Hearing in Whales by Churchill, Morgan, Martinez-Caceres, Manuel, de Muizon, Christian, Mnieckowski, Jessica, Geisler, Jonathan H.

“…Odontocetes (toothed whales) rely upon echoes of their own vocalizations to navigate and find prey underwater [1]. This sensory adaptation, known as…”
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Evolutionary adaptation to aquatic lifestyle in extinct sloths can lead to systemic alteration of bone structure by Amson, Eli, Billet, Guillaume, de Muizon, Christian

“…Through phenotypic plasticity, bones can change in structure and morphology, in response to physiological and biomechanical influences over the course of…”
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Taphonomy of marine vertebrates of the Pisco Formation (Miocene, Peru): Insights into the origin of an outstanding Fossil-Lagerstätte by Bosio, Giulia, Collareta, Alberto, Di Celma, Claudio, Lambert, Olivier, Marx, Felix G, de Muizon, Christian, Gioncada, Anna, Gariboldi, Karen, Malinverno, Elisa, Malca, Rafael Varas, Urbina, Mario, Bianucci, Giovanni

“…The Miocene Pisco Formation, broadly exposed in the Ica Desert of southern Peru, is among the most outstanding Cenozoic marine Fossil-Lagerstätten worldwide…”
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Gradual adaptation of bone structure to aquatic lifestyle in extinct sloths from Peru by Amson, Eli, de Muizon, Christian, Laurin, Michel, Argot, Christine, de Buffrénil, Vivian

“…Non-pathological densification (osteosclerosis) and swelling (pachyostosis) of bones are the main modifications affecting the skeleton of land vertebrates…”
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Transition of Eocene whales from land to sea: evidence from bone microstructure by Houssaye, Alexandra, Tafforeau, Paul, de Muizon, Christian, Gingerich, Philip D

“…Cetacea are secondarily aquatic amniotes that underwent their land-to-sea transition during the Eocene. Primitive forms, called archaeocetes, include five…”
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A New Long-Snouted Species of the Miocene Pontoporiid Dolphin Brachydelphis and a Review of the Mio-Pliocene Marine Mammal Levels in the Sacaco Basin, Peru by Lambert, Olivier, Muizon, Christian De

“…With its short and pointed rostrum, the small fossil dolphin Brachydelphis mazeasi, from late middle to early late Miocene deposits of Chile and Peru, was…”
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A new longirostrine sperm whale (Cetacea, Physeteroidea) from the lower Miocene of the Pisco Basin (southern coast of Peru) by Lambert, Olivier, de Muizon, Christian, Urbina, Mario, Bianucci, Giovanni

“…The modern sperm whales Kogia and Physeter (superfamily Physeteroidea) represent highly disparate, relict members of a group of odontocetes that peaked in…”
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Extensive Diversity and Disparity of the Early Miocene Platanistoids (Cetacea, Odontoceti) in the Southeastern Pacific (Chilcatay Formation, Peru) by Bianucci, Giovanni, de Muizon, Christian, Urbina, Mario, Lambert, Olivier

“…Several aspects of the fascinating evolutionary history of toothed and baleen whales (Cetacea) are still to be clarified due to the fragmentation and…”
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The giant bite of a new raptorial sperm whale from the Miocene epoch of Peru by de Muizon, Christian, Lambert, Olivier, Post, Klaas, Bianucci, Giovanni, Salas-Gismondi, Rodolfo, Urbina, Mario, Reumer, Jelle

“…The modern giant sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus, one of the largest known predators, preys upon cephalopods at great depths. Lacking a functional upper…”
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A mitogenomic timetree for Darwin’s enigmatic South American mammal Macrauchenia patachonica by Westbury, Michael, Baleka, Sina, Barlow, Axel, Hartmann, Stefanie, Paijmans, Johanna L.A., Kramarz, Alejandro, Forasiepi, Analía M, Bond, Mariano, Gelfo, Javier N., Reguero, Marcelo A., López-Mendoza, Patricio, Taglioretti, Matias, Scaglia, Fernando, Rinderknecht, Andrés, Jones, Washington, Mena, Francisco, Billet, Guillaume, de Muizon, Christian, Aguilar, José Luis, MacPhee, Ross D.E., Hofreiter, Michael

“…The unusual mix of morphological traits displayed by extinct South American native ungulates (SANUs) confounded both Charles Darwin, who first discovered them,…”
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A new odontocete (toothed cetacean) from the Early Miocene of Peru expands the morphological disparity of extinct heterodont dolphins by Lambert, Olivier, de Muizon, Christian, Malinverno, Elisa, Celma, Claudio Di, Urbina, Mario, Bianucci, Giovanni

“…A key step in the evolutionary history of Odontoceti (echolocating toothed cetaceans) is the transition from the ancestral heterodont condition - characterized…”
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Late Neogene evolution of the Peruvian margin and its ecosystems: a synthesis from the Sacaco record by Ochoa, Diana, Salas-Gismondi, Rodolfo, DeVries, Thomas J., Baby, Patrice, de Muizon, Christian, Altamirano, Alí, Barbosa-Espitia, Angel, Foster, David A., Quispe, Kelly, Cardich, Jorge, Gutiérrez, Dimitri, Perez, Alexander, Valqui, Juan, Urbina, Mario, Carré, Matthieu

“…The highly productive waters of the Humboldt Current System (HCS) host a particular temperate ecosystem within the tropics, whose history is still largely…”
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A new Miocene baleen whale from Peru deciphers the dawn of cetotheriids by Marx, Felix G., Lambert, Olivier, de Muizon, Christian

“…Cetotheriidae are an iconic, nearly extinct family of baleen whales (Mysticeti) with a highly distinct cranial morphology. Their origins remain a mystery, with…”
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Osteology and Functional Morphology of the Hind Limb of the Marine Sloth Thalassocnus (Mammalia, Tardigrada) by Amson, Eli, Argot, Christine, McDonald, H. Gregory, de Muizon, Christian

“…The anatomy of the skeletal elements of the hind limb of Thalassocnus is described. This genus of “ground sloth” comprises five species represented by Neogene…”
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Correction to: Late Neogene evolution of the Peruvian margin and its ecosystems: a synthesis from the Sacaco record by Ochoa, Diana, Salas-Gismondi, Rodolfo, DeVries, Thomas J., Baby, Patrice, de Muizon, Christian, Altamirano, Alí, Barbosa-Espitia, Angel, Foster, David A., Quispe, Kelly, Cardich, Jorge, Gutiérrez, Dimitri, Perez, Alexander, Valqui, Juan, Urbina, Mario, Carré, Matthieu

“…[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1007/s00531-021-02003-1.]…”
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