Chronology and distribution of Central and Eastern European Pleistocene rhinoceroses (Perissodactyla, Rhinocerotidae)–A review

K Stefaniak, O Kovalchuk, U Ratajczak-Skrzatek… - Quaternary …, 2023 - Elsevier
The family Rhinocerotidae is a key component of the Cenozoic European fauna. It reached
its peak diversity during Miocene and began to decline in the Pliocene; the last …

A critical overview on Early Pleistocene Eurasian Stephanorhinus (Mammalia, Rhinocerotidae): Implications for taxonomy and paleobiogeography

L Pandolfi - Quaternary International, 2022 - Elsevier
Isolated teeth and bones of rhinoceroses are sometimes difficult to identify at specific level
because our poor knowledge of the morphological variability of fossil and, often, of extant …

Northern Eurasian rhinocerotines (Mammalia, Perissodactyla) by the Pliocene–Pleistocene transition: phylogeny and historical biogeography

L Pandolfi, A Pierre-Olivier… - Journal of Systematic …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Pliocene and earliest Pleistocene Northern Eurasian rhinocerotines are poorly documented
and understudied in comparison to Pleistocene and Miocene ones. However, they represent …

The Villafranchian perissodactyls of Italy: knowledge of the fossil record and future research perspectives

O Cirilli, L Pandolfi, RL Bernor - Geobios, 2020 - Elsevier
The Villafranchian fossil record of Perissodactyla is of a great interest because the
appearance of the genus Equus and disappearance of the genus Tapirus mark important …

The late middle pleistocene mammalian fauna of Oumm Qatafa Cave, Judean desert: Taxonomy, taphonomy and palaeoenvironment

N Marom, IA Lazagabaster, R Shafir… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT The Middle Pleistocene archaeological record of the southern Levant has
proven key to understanding human evolution and intercontinental faunal biogeography …

[HTML][HTML] Elinor Wight Gardner: pioneer geoarcheologist, quaternary scientist and geomorphologist

K Nicoll, J Emmitt, MR Kleindienst, SL Evans… - Geosciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Elinor Wight Gardner (1892–1981) was the first female geologist who worked and published
as a geoarcheologist. During her career, she worked in arid lands of North Africa …

[HTML][HTML] New Pliocene Rhinocerotidae findings from the Iberian Peninsula and the revision of the Spanish Pliocene records

L Pandolfi, J Sendra, M Reolid, L Rook - PalZ, 2022 - Springer
A fragmentary mandible from the early Pliocene of the Vera Basin is here investigated to
clarify its taxonomic position. The studied specimen is here assigned to Pliorhinus …

Folded: A toolkit to describe mammalian herbivore dentition from 2D images

O Sanisidro, I Arganda‐Carreras… - Methods in Ecology …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Dental morphology is a major aspect of ecological and evolutionary studies of both extant
and fossil mammalian species. Mammalian dentitions are diverse feeding systems that can …

Rabbinic Paleontology: Jewish Encounters with Fossil Giants in Roman Antiquity

E Fine, S Fine - Land and Spirituality in Rabbinic Literature, 2022 - brill.com
Now that we have written in praise and disparagement of the nature of man, we must now
survey two types of humans of strange visage, both at length and in an abbreviated way. The …

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SS Schick - academia.edu
Discussions1 of possible causes of the biblical malady known as tsara'at appear throughout
rabbinic literature. However one precisely defines tsara'at, 2 its onset represents a break …