Search Results - "Pierre-Olivier Antoine"
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Eocene intra-plate shortening responsible for the rise of a faunal pathway in the northeastern Caribbean realm
Published in PloS one (20-10-2020)“…Intriguing latest Eocene land-faunal dispersals between South America and the Greater Antilles (northern Caribbean) has inspired the hypothesis of the…”
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The role of the Neotropics as a source of world tetrapod biodiversity
Published in Global ecology and biogeography (01-09-2020)“…Aim The Neotropics currently host outstanding levels of species richness, with one‐third of the global tetrapod species. The underlying causes of these…”
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A Miocene hyperdiverse crocodylian community reveals peculiar trophic dynamics in proto-Amazonian mega-wetlands
Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society. B, Biological sciences (07-04-2015)“…Amazonia contains one of the world's richest biotas, but origins of this diversity remain obscure. Onset of the Amazon River drainage at approximately 10.5 Ma…”
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A New 13 Million Year Old Gavialoid Crocodylian from Proto-Amazonian Mega-Wetlands Reveals Parallel Evolutionary Trends in Skull Shape Linked to Longirostry
Published in PloS one (20-04-2016)“…Gavialoid crocodylians are the archetypal longirostrine archosaurs and, as such, understanding their patterns of evolution is fundamental to recognizing…”
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Reappraisal of the Jianchuan Cenozoic basin stratigraphy and its implications on the SE Tibetan plateau evolution
Published in Tectonophysics (20-03-2017)“…We present a new stratigraphy of the Jianchuan basin, one of the largest Cenozoic sedimentary basins in southeastern Tibet. This basin was regarded as…”
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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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Zinc isotopes in Late Pleistocene fossil teeth from a Southeast Asian cave setting preserve paleodietary information
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (03-03-2020)“…Stable carbon and nitrogen isotope ratios of collagen from bone and dentin have frequently been used for dietary reconstruction, but this method is limited by…”
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A new rhinoceros clade from the Pleistocene of Asia sheds light on mammal dispersals to the Philippines
Published in Zoological journal of the Linnean Society (01-02-2022)“…Abstract Rhinoceroses are among the most endangered mammalian species today. Their past diversity is well documented from the Eocene onward, although their…”
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Dental microwear textures and dietary preferences of extant rhinoceroses (Perissodactyla, Mammalia)
Published in Mammal research (01-07-2019)“…Rhinoceroses were conspicuous elements in Cenozoic ecosystems, and studying the ecological behavior of extant species might unravel the ecology of their fossil…”
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Taxonomic history and intraspecific analysis of Mesotherium cristatum (Mammalia, Notoungulata, Mesotheriidae) from the Early-Middle Pleistocene of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
Published in Historical biology (03-06-2023)“…We report systematic conclusions based on critical analyses of previous taxon diagnoses and systematic revisions of the Early-Middle Pleistocene mesotheriine…”
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Diversification dynamics in the Neotropics through time, clades, and biogeographic regions
Published in eLife (27-10-2022)“…The origins and evolution of the outstanding Neotropical biodiversity are a matter of intense debate. A comprehensive understanding is hindered by the lack of…”
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The ossicular chain of Cainotheriidae (Mammalia, Artiodactyla)
Published in Journal of anatomy (01-08-2020)“…This work describes an unparalleled sample of isolated fossil auditory ossicles of cainotheriid artiodactyls from the Paleogene karstic infillings of Dams…”
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Western Amazonia as a Hotspot of Mammalian Biodiversity Throughout the Cenozoic
Published in Journal of mammalian evolution (01-03-2017)“…A state-of-the-art review of the Cenozoic fossil record from Western Amazonia is provided, based on literature and new data (regarding Paleogene native…”
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Lost islands in the northern Lesser Antilles: possible milestones in the Cenozoic dispersal of terrestrial organisms between South-America and the Greater Antilles
Published in Earth-science reviews (01-06-2021)“…Our study aims to reconstruct the palaeogeography of the northern part of the Lesser Antilles in order to analyse whether emerged areas might have existed…”
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Late Miocene rhinocerotids from the Balkan-Iranian province: ecological insights from dental microwear textures and enamel hypoplasia
Published in Historical biology (03-08-2023)“…The late Miocene is a period of increasing aridity and habitat openness in the south-eastern Mediterranean region. The impact of these changes has not been…”
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A multi-proxy approach to exploring Homo sapiens’ arrival, environments and adaptations in Southeast Asia
Published in Scientific reports (26-10-2021)“…The capability of Pleistocene hominins to successfully adapt to different types of tropical forested environments has long been debated. In order to…”
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Nam Lot (MIS 5) and Duoi U'Oi (MIS 4) Southeast Asian sites revisited: Zooarchaeological and isotopic evidences
Published in Palaeogeography, palaeoclimatology, palaeoecology (26-12-2018)“…The Nam Lot site in Laos and the hominin-bearing Duoi U'Oi site in Vietnam are dated to MIS 5 (86–72 ka) and MIS 4 (70–60 ka), respectively. Located in the…”
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Recognition of a new nothrotheriid genus (Mammalia, Folivora) from the early late Miocene of Achiri (Bolivia) and the taxonomic status of the genus Xyophorus
Published in Historical biology (03-06-2023)“…New remains of a relatively plesiomorphic nothrotheriid sloth have been recovered from upper Miocene-aged deposits near the village of Achiri in the Altiplano…”
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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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First Eocene–Miocene anuran fossils from Peruvian Amazonia: insights into neotropical frog evolution and diversity
Published in Papers in palaeontology (01-11-2023)“…Anurans are one of the most diverse vertebrate groups, particularly in Amazonia, where species richness exceeds that of anywhere else. Amazonian frogs belong…”
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