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Aguilar, J.-P., Legendre, S., Michaux, J. & Montuire S., 1998. Pliocene mammals and climatic reconstruction in the Western Mediterranean area ; In : Wrenn, J.H., Suc, J.-P. and Leroy, S.A.G. (eds), The Pliocene : Time of change. American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists Foundation, (…)

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H. crassum Material

mercredi 16 février 2011

Although a famous species, H. crassum is actually poorly known : there are no complete skulls, only scanty limb bones and a few teeth that may, or may not, belong to a single species. A cranium of H. crassum mentioned by Depéret (1890) and chosen as lectotype by Forsten (1968) was never (…)

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H. crassum Age and Occurrences

mercredi 16 février 2011

According to Depéret (1890), H. crassum is found mostly in the Middle Piocene of Roussillon (MN 15), probably also in the Pliocene of Montpellier (MN 14), and possibly in the Red Crags of Suffolk, England, and in the Messinian of Toscany at Casino, Italy. Pirlot (1956) gave figures of some (…)

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Hipparion crassum, History

mercredi 16 février 2011

Hipparion crassum was recognized as a new species by Gervais (1859, 1869) because of its massive limb bones and the rounded protocone of its upper cheek teeeth. Depéret (1890) gave a more detailed description insisting on the functional reduction of the lateral metapodials, the relatively big (…)

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System of measurements for Hipparion skulls and limb bones

jeudi 3 février 2011

Introduction Skull and Mandible Hipparion Scapula and Pelvis Hipparion Humerus Hipparion Radius Hipparion Ulna Hipparion Carpus Hipparion Third Metacarpal Hipparion Tibia Hipparion Tarsus Hipparion Calcaneum Hipparion Talus Hipparion other Tarsals Hipparion Third (…)

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Khapry-Livenzovka (only photos)

jeudi 2 décembre 2010

In addition to the upper cheek tooth discussed by Gabunia (p.103, fig.19a), Claudio De Giuli found two lower cheek teeth in the RGU collections at Rostov on the Don. Like the upper tooth, they very probably are older than the main fauna (itself not homogeneous). Their photos and measurements (…)

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Zamruk (photos only)

mercredi 1er décembre 2010

Pliocene of Crimea.

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L’évolution des Equidés (Etudes mongoles et sibériennes)

mercredi 1er décembre 2010

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