Aim To reconstruct the palaeoenvironments of megafauna‐bearing sites from Pleistocene
Southeast Asia, and to describe general environmental changes in the region. Location …

The chronology and environmental context of the first hominin dispersal in Europe have
been subject to debate and controversy. The oldest settlements in Eurasia (eg, Dmanisi,∼ …

A study of the distribution of dinosaurian body masses in the Dinosaur Park Formation (DPF;
Campanian; southern Alberta), reveals a prominent negative skew; a pattern distinct from …

Hypsodont (ie high‐crowned) teeth have been interpreted as an indicator of feeding
preferences and habitat selection in ungulates. For this reason, the degree of hypsodonty …

Understanding the feeding behaviour of the species that make up any ecosystem is
essential for designing further research. Mammals have been studied intensively, but the …

The giant hyena Pachycrocuta brevirostris was the largest bone-cracking carnivore that ever
existed. With the mass of a lioness, it had massive limbs with shortened distal bones and a …

A paleobiological study of Santacrucian native ungulates is presented in this chapter. Seven
families are recorded: Hegetotheriidae, Interatheriidae, Toxodontidae, and …

Dietary inferences are a key foundation for paleoecological, ecomorphological and
macroevolutionary studies because they inform us about the direct relationships between …

Nature's complexity is intriguing, but the circumstances determining whether or how order
emerges from such complexity remains a matter of extensive research. Using the …

The correlation between body mass and both skeletal and dental measures in living
mammals has enabled paleontologists to obtain reliable estimates of body size for extinct …