Evolution of European carnivorous mammal assemblages through the Palaeogene

F Solé, V Fischer, K Le Verger… - Biological Journal of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The rise of Carnivora (Mammalia: Laurasiatheria) is an important evolutionary event
that changed the structure of terrestrial ecosystems, starting at the dawn of the Eocene, 56 …

Simbakubwa kutokaafrika, gen. et sp. nov. (Hyainailourinae, Hyaenodonta, 'Creodonta,' Mammalia), a gigantic carnivore from the earliest Miocene of Kenya

MR Borths, NJ Stevens - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Hyainailourine hyaenodonts are among the largest terrestrial carnivorous mammals known.
The clade is widely dispersed, found in Eurasia, North America, and Afro-Arabia in the …

[HTML][HTML] The first hyaenodont from the late Oligocene Nsungwe Formation of Tanzania: paleoecological insights into the Paleogene-Neogene carnivore transition

MR Borths, NJ Stevens - PLoS One, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Throughout the Paleogene, most terrestrial carnivore niches in Afro-Arabia were occupied
by Hyaenodonta, an extinct lineage of placental mammals. By the end of the Miocene …

Functional morphology and paleoecology of Pilosa (Xenarthra, Mammalia) based on a two‐dimensional geometric Morphometrics study of the Humerus

AM de Oliveira, CMD Santos - Journal of Morphology, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The relationship between humerus shape and the modes of exploring substrate among
extinct and extant Pilosa (especially anteaters and ground sloths) were investigated here …

[PDF][PDF] Deciduous dentition and dental eruption of Hyainailouroidea (Hyaenodonta,“Creodonta,” Placentalia, Mammalia)

MR Borths, NJ Stevens - Palaeontologia Electronica, 2017 - par.nsf.gov
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A transitional mammalian carnivore community from the Paleogene–Neogene boundary in northern Kenya

AR Friscia, M Macharwas, S Muteti… - Journal of Vertebrate …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT The Paleogene–Neogene boundary is an important transitional time for the
evolution of African fauna. Many taxa that evolved endemically in the Paleogene begin to …

New hyaenodonts (Ferae, Mammalia) from the early Miocene of Napak (Uganda), Koru (Kenya) and Grillental (Namibia)

J Morales, M Pickford - 2017 - digital.csic.es
Recent palaeontological surveys in Early Miocene sediments at Napak (Uganda), Koru
(Kenya) and Grillental (Namibia) have resulted in the collection of a number of small to …

The Eocene–Oligocene vertebrate assemblages of the Fayum Depression, Egypt

P Kampouridis, J Hartung, FJ Augustin - The Phanerozoic Geology and …, 2023 - Springer
The Fayum has yielded one of the oldest and richest records of fossil mammals from Africa.
Today, the Fayum Depression represents an oasis in the Western Desert of Egypt, south of …

The cranium of Proviverra typica (Mammalia, Hyaenodonta) and its impact on hyaenodont phylogeny and endocranial evolution

M Dubied, F Solé, B Mennecart - Palaeontology, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
We describe the first endocast reconstruction of a hyaenodont mammal based on X‐ray
microtomography. The endocast belongs to the type material of the European hyaenodont …

New data on the mammalian fauna from the late middle Eocene (MP 15–16) of Mazaterón (Soria, Spain): The youngest presence of the genus Prodissopsalis …

MJ Salesa, G Siliceo, M Antón, I Martínez… - The Anatomical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The Hyaenodonta were the most diverse carnivorous mammals in the European Eocene
and were classically divided into three subfamilies: Sinopaninae, Arfianinae, and …