Search Results - "Myriam Boivin"
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Late middle Miocene caviomorph rodents from Tarapoto, Peruvian Amazonia
Published in PloS one (03-11-2021)“…Miocene deposits of South America have yielded several species-rich assemblages of caviomorph rodents. They are mostly situated at high and mid- latitudes of…”
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A new record of a giant neoepiblemid rodent from Peruvian Amazonia and an overview of lower tooth dental homologies among chinchilloids
Published in Acta palaeontologica Polonica (01-01-2019)“…We report here a new record of the giant caviomorph Phoberomys corresponding to a fragmentary mandible from the Monte Salvado area, Peruvian Amazonia (Madre de…”
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Emergence of hystricognathous rodents: Palaeogene fossil record, phylogeny, dental evolution and historical biogeography
Published in Zoological journal of the Linnean Society (25-10-2019)“…Abstract Although phylogenetic trees imply Asia as the ancestral homeland of the Hystricognathi clade (Rodentia: Ctenohystrica), curiously the oldest known…”
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Dental homologies and evolutionary transformations in Caviomorpha (Hystricognathi, Rodentia): new data from the Paleogene of Peruvian Amazonia
Published in Historical biology (20-04-2020)“…Dental homologies and evolutionary transformations within caviomorph rodents have long been disputed. Here, we participate in these debates in providing new…”
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Integration patterns of cheek teeth and ecomorphological evolution in grinding herbivores: the case of caviine rodents (Caviomorpha: Caviidae)
Published in Zoological journal of the Linnean Society (02-11-2022)“…Abstract Caviid rodents have peculiar craniomandibular specializations toward masticatory propalinal movements and grinding, in relation to a grass-rich diet…”
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A new Late Miocene stem Octodontoid (Rodentia: Caviomorpha: Octochinchilloi) from the Solimões Formation (Brazil): paleobiogeographic implications
Published in Journal of vertebrate paleontology (02-01-2024)“…Caviomorphs are the neotropical hystricognathous rodents (Ctenohystrica: Hystricognathi: Caviomorpha). Octodontoidea are today the richest and most speciose…”
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A 60-million-year Cenozoic history of western Amazonian ecosystems in Contamana, eastern Peru
Published in Gondwana research (01-03-2016)“…We provide a synopsis of ~60million years of life history in Neotropical lowlands, based on a comprehensive survey of the Cenozoic deposits along the Quebrada…”
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Early Oligocene chinchilloid caviomorphs from Puerto Rico and the initial rodent colonization of the West Indies
Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society. B, Biological sciences (12-02-2020)“…By their past and present diversity, rodents are among the richest components of Caribbean land mammals. Many of these became extinct recently. Causes of their…”
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Biotic community and landscape changes around the Eocene–Oligocene transition at Shapaja, Peruvian Amazonia: Regional or global drivers?
Published in Global and planetary change (01-07-2021)“…Since 2012, we have investigated a stratigraphic section encompassing the late Eocene–earliest Oligocene interval at Shapaja (Tarapoto area, Peruvian Amazonia,…”
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Head myology of wild cavies (Caviidae, Caviomorpha) and functional implications of hystricomorphous and hystricognathous configurations
Published in Journal of mammalian evolution (01-09-2023)“…Cavies are one of the most-specialized grinding rodents, with folivorous and grass-based diets. Antecedents on head myology are focused mainly on domestic…”
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Incisor Enamel Microstructure of Hystricognathous and Anomaluroid Rodents from the Earliest Oligocene of Dakhla, Atlantic Sahara (Morocco)
Published in Journal of mammalian evolution (01-09-2019)“…Seven hystricognaths and five anomaluroids have been recently described from the earliest Oligocene of the Dakhla (DAK C 2 ) region of Morocco, based primarily…”
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New record of Neosaimiri (Cebidae, Platyrrhini) from the late Middle Miocene of Peruvian Amazonia
Published in Journal of human evolution (01-09-2020)“…The Honda Group of La Venta, Colombia, has yielded a wide array of crown platyrrhine primates, documenting the late Middle Miocene epoch (ca. 13.1–12.6 Ma,…”
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New caviomorph rodents from the late Oligocene of Salla, Bolivia: taxonomic, chronological, and biogeographic implications for the Deseadan faunas of South America
Published in Journal of systematic palaeontology (19-05-2019)“…Caviomorph rodents have been an important component of South American mammal faunas at least since the Oligocene. Those from the Deseadan South American Land…”
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Late middle Miocene Metatheria (Mammalia: Didelphimorphia and Paucituberculata) from Juan Guerra, San Martín Department, Peruvian Amazonia
Published in Journal of South American earth sciences (01-10-2022)“…Currently, marsupials (modern members of the Metatheria clade) are widely distributed in tropical and subtropical areas of South America, but poorly…”
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The inner ear of caviomorph rodents: Phylogenetic implications and application to extinct West Indian taxa
Published in Journal of mammalian evolution (01-12-2023)“…With their past and current diversities, West Indian caviomorph rodents dominate the terrestrial mammalian fauna of the Caribbean archipelago. Many of these…”
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Incisor Enamel Microstructure of Paleogene Caviomorph Rodents from Contamana and Shapaja (Peruvian Amazonia)
Published in Journal of mammalian evolution (01-09-2019)“…We investigate the enamel microstructure of 37 isolated rodent incisors from several late middle Eocene and late Oligocene localities of Contamana (Loreto…”
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Neotropics provide insights into the emergence of New World monkeys: New dental evidence from the late Oligocene of Peruvian Amazonia
Published in Journal of human evolution (01-08-2016)“…Recent field efforts in Peruvian Amazonia (Contamana area, Loreto Department) have resulted in the discovery of a late Oligocene (ca. 26.5 Ma; Chambira…”
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Tarsal morphology and locomotor adaptation of some late middle Eocene caviomorph rodents from Peruvian Amazonia reveal early ecological diversity
Published in Journal of vertebrate paleontology (02-11-2018)“…In rodents, and other vertebrates in general, the morphology of tarsal bones, especially the astragalus and calcaneus, has been shown to be tightly linked to…”
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Tarsal Morphologyand Locomotor Adaptation of Some Late Middle Eocene Caviomorph Rodents from Peruvian Amazonia Reveal Early Ecological Diversity
Published in Journal of vertebrate paleontology (17-07-2019)“…In rodents, and other vertebrates in general, the morphology of tarsal bones, especially the astragalus and calcaneus, has been shown to be tightly linked to…”
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