An Oligocene giant rhino provides insights into Paraceratherium evolution

T Deng, X Lu, S Wang, LJ Flynn, D Sun, W He… - communications …, 2021 - nature.com
As one of the largest land mammals, the origin and evolution of the giant rhino
Paraceratherium bugtiense in Pakistan have been unclear. We report a new species …

A revision of Aceratherium blanfordi Lydekker, 1884 (Mammalia: Rhinocerotidae) from the Early Miocene of Pakistan: postcranials as a key

PO Antoine, KF Downing, JY Crochet… - Zoological Journal of …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Rhinocerotids are particularly abundant and diversified in Neogene deposits of the Indian
subcontinent, but their systematics is far from being well defined. Based on the revision of …

[PDF][PDF] Na Duong (northern Vietnam)-an exceptional window into Eocene ecosystems from Southeast Asia

M Böhme, M Aiglstorfer, PO Antoine, E Appel… - Zitteliana, 2013 - hal.umontpellier.fr
Today, the continental ecosystems of Southeast Asia represent a global biodiversity hotspot.
From a deep-time perspective, however, very little is known about the formation of this …

Biomechanical evolution of solid bones in large animals: a microanatomical investigation

A Houssaye, K Waskow, S Hayashi… - Biological Journal of …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Graviportal taxa show an allometric increase of the cross-sectional area of supportive bones
and are assumed to display microanatomical changes associated with an increase in bone …

Chapter 16. Mammalian Neogene Biostratigraphy of the Sulaiman Province, Pakistan

PO Antoine, G Metais, MJ Orliac, JY Crochet… - Fossil mammals of …, 2013 - degruyter.com
402 SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST ASIA varies laterally, but it reaches about 200 m near
Dalana (Zinda Pir). The mea sured thickness is 50 m (at Kumbi, most condensed section) up …

Intra-tooth study of modern rhinoceros enamel δ18O: Is the difference between phosphate and carbonate δ18O a sound diagenetic test?

C Martin, I Bentaleb, R Kaandorp, P Iacumin… - Palaeogeography …, 2008 - Elsevier
The carbonate and phosphate oxygen isotopic difference (Δ18OC–P) has been suggested
as a test for diagenetic alteration of isotope values in fossil apatite samples. The generally …

[HTML][HTML] Rhinocerotoid fossils of the Linxia Basin in northwestern China as late Cenozoic biostratigraphic markers

T Deng, X Lu, D Sun, S Li - Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology …, 2023 - Elsevier
This study reports on rhinocerotoid fossils from the Oligocene-Pleistocene strata of the
Linxia Basin of Gansu Province, northwestern China. Rhinoceroses have been important …

A brief review of Agenian rhinocerotids in Western Europe

PO Antoine, D Becker - Swiss Journal of Geosciences, 2013 - Springer
The Agenian is the earliest Neogene European Land Mammal Age. It encompasses the
mammalian zones MN1 (23.03–22.7 Ma) and MN2 (22.7–20.0 Ma) and roughly coincides …

Early anthropoid primates: New data and new questions

Y Chaimanee, O Chavasseau, V Lazzari… - … : Issues, News, and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Although the evolutionary history of anthropoid primates (monkeys, apes, and humans)
appears relatively well‐documented, there is limited data available regarding their origins …

Lithofacies, depositional environments, regional biostratigraphy and age of the Chitarwata Formation in the Bugti Hills, Balochistan, Pakistan

G Métais, PO Antoine, SRH Baqri, JY Crochet… - Journal of Asian Earth …, 2009 - Elsevier
The Oligocene-early Miocene Chitarwata Formation records a critical interval of terrestrial
sedimentation that predates the Siwalik deposits on the Potwar Plateau of north-central …