For decades, the Nördlinger Ries and Steinheim Basin in southern Germany have been
regarded as a textbook example of a terrestrial impact crater doublet, although the oldest …

Abstract In the Cenozoic, the Lower Rhine Basin formed as a rift at the southeastern
terminus of the Dutch German Central Graben, while the Rhenish Massif was uplifted. The …

Chameleons so easily capture the imagination, and have done so for centuries. In scientific
writings, they first appear with Aristotle (350 BC), and although they were recognized as …

The fossil record of Chamaeleonidae is very scarce and any new specimen is therefore
considered important for our understanding of the evolutionary and biogeographic history of …

Amphimoschus is an extinct Eurasian ruminant genus, mostly recorded in Europe, without a
close living relative and, hence, an unknown systematic position. This genus is known from …

This paper discusses the faunal content, the mammal biostratigraphy, and the environmental
ecology of three important continental Tertiary vertebrate faunas from the Lower Rhine …

The cranial appendage (headgear) is an iconic structure of modern ruminants, and four of
the five extant pecoran families display morphological and physiological specialties. They …

Fossil squamate faunas from the Hambach lignite mine are described here for the first time.
The material comes from two stratigraphic levels—the older, Hambach 6C (MN 5), is dated …

The present study attempts to characterize the environmental conditions that prevailed along
the western shores of the Central Paratethys and its hinterland during the early middle …

The age structures of two successive rodent communities are studied on the basis of a rich
record from well-dated Miocene sections (17–10 Ma) in north-central Spain. Community age …