2009 in paleomammalogy
Mammals
- A study by J. R. Foster is published estimating the body masses of mammals from the Late Jurassic Morrison Formation by using the ratio of dentary length to body mass of modern marsupials as a reference. Foster concludes that Docodon was the most massive mammal genus of the formation at 141g and Fruitafossor was the least massive at 6g. The average Morrison mammal had a mass of 48.5g. A graph of the body mass distribution of Morrison mammal genera produced a right-skewed curve, meaning that there were more low-mass genera.[1]
- Fujiwara, S.-I. 2009. Olecranon orientation as an indicator of elbow joint angle in the stance phase, and estimation of forelimb posture in extinct quadruped animals. Journal of Morphology. doi:10.1002/jmor.10748.
- Fujiwara, S.-I., Kuwazuru, O., Inuzuka, N., and Yochikawa, N. 2009. Relationship between scapular position and structural strength of rib cage in quadruped animals. Journal of Morphology. doi:10.1002/jmor.10744.
- Mitchell, G., van Sittert, S.J., and Skinner, J.D. 2009. Sexual selection is not the origin of long necks in giraffes. Journal of Zoology. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.2009.00573.x.
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Middle Miocene |
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Cenomanian |
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Bonisicyon[4] |
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Late Miocene |
A bear dog. The type species is Bonisicyon illacabo. |
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Aptian |
First Australian multituberculate. |
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early Geiseltalian |
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Late Oligocene |
A rhinoceros, a species of Diaceratherium. |
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Disallomys[8] |
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Late Oligocene |
United States |
An aplodontiid rodent, a new genus for the species "Allomys" storeri Tedrow and Korth. Genus also contains two new species: Disallomys robustus and D. intermedius. |
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Douglassciurus sapphirus[9] |
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Late Oligocene |
United States |
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Middle Eocene |
An anoplotheriine artiodactyl |
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Early Thanetian |
The oldest, smallest and most primitive elephant relative. |
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late Middle Eocene |
Pondaung Formation |
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Heliscomys walshi[13] |
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Middle Eocene |
United States |
A heliscomyid rodent, a species of Heliscomys. |
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Late Oligocene |
Nsungwe Formation |
A thryonomyoid rodent |
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Legionarictis[15] |
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Miocene (Barstovian) |
United States |
A mustelid. The type species is Legionarictis fortidens. |
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early Middle Eocene |
Habib Rahi Formation |
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Late Oligocene |
Sarmiento Formation |
An astrapothere astrapotherid. |
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Aptian/Albian |
Fuxin Formation |
A alticonodontine triconodontid |
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Middle to late Pleistocene |
A fossil subspecies of the least weasel. |
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Middle Oligocene |
A lophiomerycid ruminant |
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Niglarodon brachyodon[8] |
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Late Oligocene |
United States |
An aplodontiid rodent, a species of Niglarodon. |
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Oligospermophilus emryi[9] |
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Late Oligocene |
United States |
A cedromurine squirrel, a species of Oligospermophilus emryi. |
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Praesinomegaceros venustus[21] |
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Late Miocene (late Turolian) |
A megacerine deer, a species of Praesinomegaceros. |
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Prosciurus clausulus[8] |
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Late Oligocene |
United States |
An aplodontiid rodent, a species of Prosciurus. |
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Late Oligocene |
United States |
An erinaceid, a species of Proterix. |
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Early Miocene |
Extinct genus of pinniped. |
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Notes
References
- ↑ Foster, J.R. (2009). "Preliminary body mass estimates for mammalian genera of the Morrison Formation (Upper Jurassic, North America)". PaleoBios. 28 (3): 114–122.
- ↑ Moyà-Solà, Salvador; Alba, David M.; Almécija, Sergio; Casanovas-Vilar, Isaac; Köhler, Meike; De Esteban-Trivigno, Soledad; Robles, Josep M.; Galindo, Jordi; Fortuny, Josep (2009). "A unique Middle Miocene European hominoid and the origins of the great ape and human clade". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 106 (24): 9601–9606. Bibcode:2009PNAS..106.9601M. doi:10.1073/pnas.0811730106. PMC 2701031. PMID 19487676..
- ↑ Romain Vullo; Emmanuel Gheerbrant; Christian de Muizon; Didier Néraudeau (2009). "The oldest modern therian mammal from Europe and its bearing on stem marsupial paleobiogeography". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 106 (47): 19910–19915. doi:10.1073/pnas.0902940106. PMC 2785266. PMID 19892730. Retrieved 8 September 2010.
- ↑ Lars Werdelin; Scott W. Simpson (2009). "The last amphicyonid (Mammalia, Carnivora) in Africa". Geodiversitas. 31 (4): 775–787. doi:10.5252/g2009n4a775.
- ↑ Rich, T. H.; Vickers-Rich, P.; Flannery, T. F.; Kear, B. P.; Cantrill, D. J.; Komarower, P.; Kool, L.; Pickering, D.; Rusler, P.; Morton, S.; van Klaveren, N.; Fitzgerald, E. M. G. (2009). "An Australian multituberculate and its palaeobiogeographic implications". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 54 (1): 1–6. doi:10.4202/app.2009.0101.
- ↑ Franzen, JL; Gingerich, PD; Habersetzer, J; Hurum, JH; Von Koenigswald, W; Smith, BH; Hawks, John; Jens L. Franzen; Philip D. Gingerich; Jörg Habersetzer; Jørn H. Hurum; Wighart von Koenigswald; B. Holly Smith (2009). Hawks, John, ed. "Complete Primate Skeleton from the Middle Eocene of Messel in Germany: Morphology and Paleobiology". PLoS ONE. 4 (5): e5723. Bibcode:2009PLoSO...4.5723F. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0005723. PMC 2683573. PMID 19492084. Retrieved 25 August 2010.
- ↑ Bernard Ménouret; Claude Guérin (2009). "Diaceratherium massiliae nov. sp. des argiles oligocènes de Saint-André et Saint-Henri à Marseille et de Les Milles près d'Aix-en-Provence (SE de la France), premier grand Rhinocerotidae brachypode européen". Geobios. 42 (3): 293–327. doi:10.1016/j.geobios.2008.10.009..
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- 1 2 William W. Korth (2009). "Mammals from the Blue Ash local fauna (late Oligocene), South Dakota. Rodentia, Part 3: Family Sciuridae" (PDF). Paludicola. 7 (2): 47–60.
- ↑ Cuesta, Miguel-ÁNgel; Badiola, Ainara; Miguel-Ángel Cuesta; Ainara Badiola (2009). "Duerotherium sudrei gen. et sp. nov., a new anoplotheriine artiodactyl from the middle Eocene of the Iberian Peninsula". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 29 (1): 303–308. doi:10.1671/039.029.0110.
- ↑ Emmanuel Gheerbrant (2009). "Paleocene emergence of elephant relatives and the rapid radiation of African ungulates". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 106 (26): 10717–10721. Bibcode:2009PNAS..10610717G. doi:10.1073/pnas.0900251106. PMC 2705600. PMID 19549873. Retrieved 4 September 2010.
- ↑ Beard, KC; Marivaux, L; Chaimanee, Y; Jaeger, JJ; Marandat, B; Tafforeau, P; Soe, AN; K. Christopher Beard; Laurent Marivaux, AA; Yaowalak Chaimanee; Jean-Jacques Jaeger; Bernard Marandat; Paul Tafforeau; Aung Naing Soe; Soe Thura Tun; Aung Aung Kyaw (2009). "A new primate from the Eocene Pondaung Formation of Myanmar and the monophyly of Burmese amphipithecids". Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 276 (1671): 3285–3294. doi:10.1098/rspb.2009.0836. PMC 2817178. PMID 19570790. Retrieved 26 August 2010.
- ↑ Thomas S. Kelly (2009). "A new species of Heliscomys (Rodentia, Heliscomyidae) from the Duchesnean (middle Eocene) Simi Valley landfill local fauna, Sespe Formation, California". Paludicola. 7 (3): 67–77.
- ↑ Stevens, Nancy J.; Holroyd, Patricia A.; Roberts, Eric M.; O'Connor, Patrick M.; Gottfried, Michael D.; Nancy J. Stevens; Patricia A. Holroyd; Eric M. Roberts; Patrick M. O'connor; Michael D. Gottfried (2009). "Kahawamys mbeyaensis (n. gen., n. sp.) (Rodentia: Thryonomyoidea) from the late Oligocene Rukwa Rift Basin, Tanzania" (PDF). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 29 (2): 631–634. doi:10.1671/039.029.0219. Retrieved 26 August 2010.
- ↑ Zhijie Jack Tseng; Xiaoming Wang; J.D. Stewart (2009). "A new immigrant mustelid (Carnivora, Mammalia) from the middle Miocene Temblor Formation of central California". PaleoBios. 29 (1): 13–23.
- ↑ Gingerich, PD; Ul-Haq, M; Von Koenigswald, W; Sanders, WJ; Smith, BH; Zalmout, IS; Sereno, Paul; Philip D. Gingerich; Munir ul-Haq; Wighart von Koenigswald; William J. Sanders; B. Holly Smith; Iyad S. Zalmout (2009). Sereno, Paul, ed. "New Protocetid Whale from the Middle Eocene of Pakistan: Birth on Land, Precocial Development, and Sexual Dimorphism". PLoS ONE. 4 (2): e4366. Bibcode:2009PLoSO...4.4366G. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0004366. PMC 2629576. PMID 19194487. Retrieved 25 August 2010.
- ↑ Alejandro G. Kramarz and Mariano Bond. A new oligocene astrapothere (Mammalia, Meridiungulata) from Patagonia and a new appraisal of astrapothere phylogeny. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology (2009), 7 : pp 117-128
- ↑ Kusuhashi, Nao; Hu, Yaoming; Wang, Yuanqing; Hirasawa, Satoshi; Matsuoka, Hiroshige; Nao Kusuhashi; Yaoming Hu; Yuanqing Wang; Satoshi Hirasawa; Hiroshige Matsuoka (2009). "New triconodontids (Mammalia) from the Lower Cretaceous Shahai and Fuxin formations, northeastern China". Geobios. 42 (6): 765–781. doi:10.1016/j.geobios.2009.06.003. Retrieved 4 September 2010.
- ↑ Baryshnikov, Gennady F. (2009). "Pleistocene Mustelidae (Carnivora) from Paleolithic site in Kudaro Caves in the Caucasus" (PDF). Russian Journal of Theriology. 8 (2): 75–95..
- ↑ Métais, GréGoire; Welcomme, Jean-Loup; Ducrocq, StéPhane; Grégoire Métais; Jean-Loup Welcomme; Stéphane Ducrocq (2009). "New Lophiomerycid Ruminants from the Oligocene of the Bugti Hills (Balochistan, Pakistan)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 29 (1): 231–241. doi:10.1671/039.029.0115. Retrieved 25 August 2010.
- ↑ Vislobokova, Inessa (2009). "A new species of Megacerini (Cervidae, Artiodactyla) from the Late Miocene of Taralyk-Cher, Tuva (Russia), and remarks on the relationships of the group". Geobios. 42 (3): 397–410. doi:10.1016/j.geobios.2008.12.004..
- ↑ William W. Korth (2009). "Mammals from the Blue Ash local fauna (late Oligocene), South Dakota. Lipotyphyla and additional Marsupialia". Paludicola. 7 (3): 78–88.
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