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A fossil history of southern African land mammals D. Margaret Avery (Iziko Museums of South Africa)

1. Background: 1.1 History and rationale ; 1.2. Southern Africa ; 1.3. Mammals ; 1.4. Sites ; 1.5. Mapping ; 1.6. Dating -- 2. The Eocene: 2.1. Eocene mammals ; 2.2 ...

Epiaceratherium itjilik: The rhino that lived in the Arctic

Paleontologists at the Canadian Museum of Nature have recently been studying the skeletal remains of a rhinoceros. This might ...
PBS

Do Thunderbeasts Prove Giant Animals Are Inevitable?

From an evolutionary perspective, is bigger always better? The journey the thunder beasts took to reach such mega proportions from such humble beginnings forces us to ask an important question, one ...
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Think Whales Were Always Ocean Giants? The Land Mammal Myth That Changes Everything

For tens of millions of years, whales have been a part of the oceans. Because of this, it would be easy to believe that whales evolved from aquatic creatures as the oceans warmed and became more ...
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New findings support ‘Out of Asia’ hypothesis for origin of key groups of modern mammals

An abrupt episode of global warming and major changes in plant and animal life marked the transition between the Paleocene and Eocene epochs about 55 million years ago. Several groups of mammals, ...
Nature

Paleocene-Eocene Evolution of Plesiadapiforms and Early Primates

The evolutionary journey from primitive plesiadapiforms to early primates during the Paleocene and Eocene epochs represents a critical chapter in mammalian history. Fossil records from these periods ...
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A preliminary note on some new mammals from the Upper Eocene of Egypt. By C.W. Andrews of the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) and Hugh J.L. Beadnell, of the Geological Survey of Egypt

At head of title: Survey Department, Public Works Ministry. PRELIMINARY NOTE ON SOME NEW MAMMALS FROM THE UPPER EOCENE OF EGYPT BY CW ANDREWS OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM NAT HIST AND HUGH JL BEADNELL OF THE ...
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NICHE PARTITIONING OF THE EUROPEAN CARNIVOROUS MAMMALS DURING THE PALEOGENE

We here describe the first partial cranium of Hyaenodon leptorhynchus, the type species of the taxonomically diverse and widely distributed hypercarnivorous genus Hyaenodon (Hyaenodonta). The cranium ...