A macroevolutionary pathway to megaherbivory

O Sanisidro, MC Mihlbachler, JL Cantalapiedra - Science, 2023 - science.org
Several scenarios have been proposed to explain rapid net size increases in some early
Cenozoic mammalian lineages: sustained and gradual directional change, successive …

Extinct crane-like birds (Eogruidae and Ergilornithidae) from the Cenozoic of Central Asia are indeed ostrich precursors

G Mayr, N Zelenkov - The Auk, 2021 - academic.oup.com
We describe new fossils from the late Eocene of Mongolia, which show that the crane-like
Eogruidae and Ergilornithidae are stem group representatives of the Struthioniformes …

The entelodontid artiodactyl fauna from the Eocene Ergilin Dzo Formation of Mongolia with comments on Brachyhyops and the Khoer Dzan locality

T Tsubamoto, M Saneyoshi, M Watabe… - Paleontological …, 2011 - BioOne
We review the entelodontid artiodactyl fauna of the upper Eocene Ergilin Dzo Formation in
southeastern Mongolia. Also, we describe new specimens of Brachyhyops trofimovi from the …

Differences in the tooth eruption sequence in Hyaenodon ('Creodonta': Mammalia) and implications for the systematics of the genus

K Bastl, M Morlo, D Nagel… - Journal of Vertebrate …, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Specimens that give new information on the tooth eruption sequence in European
Hyaenodon are described. These specimens show a marked difference from the tooth …

The late Eocene hyracodontid perissodactyl Ardynia from Saint Jacques, Inner Mongolia, China and its implications for the potential Eocene–Oligocene boundary

B Bai, YQ Wang, ZQ Zhang - Palaeoworld, 2018 - Elsevier
Saint Jacques is a classic Oligocene fossil locality in China, which was first investigated by
P. Teilhard de Chardin and E. Licent in 1923. All the fossil mammals previously reported …

Taxonomic revisions on nimravids and small feliforms (Mammalia, Carnivora) from the Upper Eocene of Mongolia

N Egi, T Tsubamoto, M Saneyoshi, K Tsogtbaatar… - Historical …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
This study reports occurrences of feliform carnivorans from the Upper Eocene Ergilin Dzo
Formation and Alag Tsav locality of southeastern Mongolia. Nimravus mongoliensis …

New specimens of anthracotheriid artiodactyls from the upper Eocene Ergilin Dzo Formation of Mongolia

T Tsubamoto, K Tsogtbaatar - Paleontological Research, 2008 - BioOne
We describe fossil specimens of two taxa of anthracotheriid artiodactyls (Mammalia)
discovered in the upper Eocene Ergilin Dzo Formation of southeastern Mongolia and briefly …

Palaeobiology of Hyaenodon exiguus (Hyaenodonta, Mammalia) based on morphometric analysis of the bony labyrinth

C Pfaff, D Nagel, G Gunnell, GW Weber… - Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Species of the extinct genus Hyaenodon were among the largest carnivorous mammals from
the Late Eocene through Early Miocene in North America, Europe and Asia. The origin …

First evidence of the tooth eruption sequence of the upper jaw in Hyaenodon (Hyaenodontidae, Mammalia) and new information on the ontogenetic development of …

K Bastl, D Nagel - Paläontologische Zeitschrift, 2014 - Springer
Juvenile material with the main focus on the upper jaw of the fossil predator Hyaenodon was
evaluated to study the tooth eruption sequence and to examine the ontogeny of its dentition …

New amphicyonid (Mammalia: Carnivora) from the Upper Eocene Ergilin Dzo Formation, Mongolia

N Egi, T Tsubamoto, K Tsogtbaatar - Paleontological Research, 2009 - BioOne
A mammal tooth discovered from the upper Eocene Ergilin Dzo Formation of southeastern
Mongolia is identified as an upper second molar of a small amphicyonid (Mammalia …