Dental wear patterns are strongly influenced by diet; thus, dental wear analysis is
informative of the paleodiets of extinct species and ancient populations of extant species …

Large-bodied, semiaquatic herbivorous mammals have been a recurring component of most
continental ecosystems throughout the Cenozoic. Identification of these species in the fossil …

Background Dysalotosaurus lettowvorbecki is a small ornithopod dinosaur known from
thousands of bones and several ontogenetic stages. It was found in a single locality within …

While present-day taxa are valuable proxies for understanding the biology of extinct species,
it is also crucial to examine physical remains in order to obtain a more comprehensive view …

The Brontotheriidae is an extinct family of Eocene perissodactyls known from North America,
Asia, and, rarely, Eastern Europe. Brontotheres are widely recognized as having evolved …

Estimation de la taille moyenne des grands mammifères et calcul de la biomasse dans les
écosystèmes du passé: une application aux sites pléistocènes de l'Orce et de la Sierra de …

Weight support is a strong functional constraint modelling limb bones in heavy quadrupeds.
However, the complex relations between bone shape, mass, size and body proportions …

Examining seasonal mortality patterns can yield insights into the drivers of mortality and thus
potential selection pressures acting on individuals in different environments. We compiled …

Bilzingsleben is internationally known as a palaeontological, palaeoanthropological and
archaeological reference site of a Middle Pleistocene Interglacial (Holstein). From 1969 until …

Although we do not know the cause of death of most fossil animals, mortality is often
associated with ecological stress due to seasonality and other stochastic events (droughts …