TY - JOUR AU - Harzhauser, Mathias AU - Goehlich, Ursula B. AU - Gross, Martin AU - Vasilyan, Davit TI - The last crocodylian in Central Europe? A new occurrence from the late Middle Miocene of the Vienna Basin (Austria) JF - HISTORICAL BIOLOGY J2 - HIST BIOL PY - 2025 PG - 8 SN - 0891-2963 DO - 10.1080/08912963.2025.2466048 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/35878040 ID - 35878040 LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Pazonyi, Piroska AU - Virág, Attila TI - Tracking evolutionary changes within Allophaiomys, Terricola and Microtus voles revealed by a landmark point-based geometric morphometric study on molars from Hungary JF - HISTORICAL BIOLOGY J2 - HIST BIOL PY - 2025 PG - 12 SN - 0891-2963 DO - 10.1080/08912963.2025.2454648 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/35906996 ID - 35906996 LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Agnolín, Federico L. AU - Álvarez Herrera, Gerardo AU - Rozadilla, Sebastián AU - Contreras, Victor TI - First late Miocene bird assemblage from central Argentina, with the description of new taxa JF - HISTORICAL BIOLOGY J2 - HIST BIOL VL - 10.1080/08912963.2025.2475538 PY - 2025 SP - 1 EP - 17 PG - 17 SN - 0891-2963 DO - 10.1080/08912963.2025.2475538 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/36075545 ID - 36075545 LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Torres, Jr Luis AU - Kowalewski, Michal TI - Comparison of taphonomic estimates for two common underwater sampling methodologies JF - HISTORICAL BIOLOGY J2 - HIST BIOL PY - 2025 PG - 9 SN - 0891-2963 DO - 10.1080/08912963.2025.2482794 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/36092341 ID - 36092341 N1 - Funding Agency and Grant Number: National Science Foundation [EAR-2127623]; Geological Society of America; Paleontological Society; Florida Paleontological Society; Southwest Florida Fossil Society; Florida Museum of Natural History Funding text: This study was supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant [EAR-2127623] and student research grants provided by the Geological Society of America, the Paleontological Society (Arthur J Boucott Award), the Florida Paleontological Society (Gary S. Morgan Student Research Award), the Southwest Florida Fossil Society (Leila and William Brayfield Scholarship) and the Florida Museum of Natural History (R. Jerry Britt Jr. Paleobiology Scholarship). AB - Whereas all sampling methods induce biases, implementation of different methodologies may amplify challenges associated with numerical comparisons within and across case studies. SCUBA-based underwater sediment sampling, commonly utilised in marine biology and palaeontology, employs two popular methodologies: hand collection and HVAC-suction sampling. Here, we compared relative mass proportions of mollusc and echinoid remains extracted from hand and HVAC sourced sediment samples collected from four sites representing three distinct depositional and climatic settings. Collected specimens were classified as fragmentary, complete dead, or live-collected, with relative abundances estimated via total mass (g) measurements. Hand and HVAC sample comparisons indicated consistent, statistically indistinguishable mass proportion estimates of live-collected molluscs, complete dead molluscs/echinoids, and fragmentary molluscs, including the mass proportions of mollusc fragments relative to complete dead molluscs (Hand: 0.807; HVAC: 0.788; p = 0.77), complete dead echinoids relative to combined complete mollusc/echinoid mass (Hand: 0.01; HVAC: 0.004; p = 0.62) and live-collected molluscs relative to complete dead molluscs (Hand: 0.067; HVAC: 0.064; p = 0.96). The results of this study do not necessarily indicate an unbiased sampling process but rather that both methodologies produced comparable, statistically indistinguishable estimates, thus justifying their joint usage when obtaining benthic samples for analyses. LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Tong, H. AU - Buffetaut, E. AU - Claude, J. TI - Skull morphology of Foxemys (Testudines: Pleurodira: Bothremydidae) from the Upper Cretaceous of Massecaps, Cruzy, southern France JF - HISTORICAL BIOLOGY J2 - HIST BIOL PY - 2025 SN - 0891-2963 DO - 10.1080/08912963.2025.2478209 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/36095748 ID - 36095748 N1 - Palaeontological Research and Education Centre, Mahasarakham University, Maha Sarakham, Kantarawichai, Thailand Key Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origins of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, China Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (UMR 8538, Laboratoire de Géologie, Ecole Normale Supérieure, PSL Research University, Paris, France Institut des Sciences de l’Évolution de Montpellier, Université de Montpellier, CNRS, IRD, Montpellier, France Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand Export Date: 16 April 2025; Cited By: 0; Correspondence Address: H. Tong; Palaeontological Research and Education Centre, Mahasarakham University, Kantarawichai, Maha Sarakham, 44150, Thailand; email: htong09@yahoo.fr LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Parish, J.C. TI - The phylogenetic relationships of the Dodo (Raphus cucullatus) and the Solitaire (Pezophaps solitaria) within Columbidae (Aves: Columbiformes), including other large extinct taxa, based on morphological data JF - HISTORICAL BIOLOGY J2 - HIST BIOL VL - 2025 PY - 2025 SP - 1 SN - 0891-2963 DO - 10.1080/08912963.2025.2473546 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/36128039 ID - 36128039 N1 - Export Date: 09 May 2025; Cited By: 0; Correspondence Address: J.C. Parish; Aberbanc, United Kingdom; email: jolyon_parish@yahoo.co.uk LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Kovalchuk, Oleksandr AU - Tuzyak, Yaryna AU - Gorobets, Leonid AU - Yanenko, Vadym AU - Swidnicka, Ewa AU - Dubikovska, Anastasiia AU - Stefaniak, Krzysztof AU - Barkaszi, Zoltán TI - A new Sarmatian (late Middle Miocene) vertebrate assemblage from the periphery of the Forecarpathian Basin JF - HISTORICAL BIOLOGY J2 - HIST BIOL PY - 2025 PG - 13 SN - 0891-2963 DO - 10.1080/08912963.2025.2461156 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/36154839 ID - 36154839 AB - A new Early Sarmatian s.l. (Volhynian, late Middle Miocene) vertebrate assemblage is described from the outskirts of the Forecarpathian Basin, which at that time was an integral part of the Eastern Paratethys. The studied fossils come from greenish-grey and black silts and clays of the Kharalug locality (Rivne Oblast, Ukraine), which palaeogeographically is situated nearby to the north-eastern coast of the basin. The studied sample comprises 115 specimens, mainly of fish bones, whereas reptiles (turtles) and birds (ducks) are represented by a single bone each. The fish remains have been assigned to five genera and three families (Cyprinidae, Siluridae, and Percidae), of which percids are the most abundant being represented by pikeperches (Leobergia, Sander) and perches (Perca). The studied Kharalug assemblage is likely mixed, its taxonomic composition is relatively poor, and, although less diverse, demonstrates some similarity to assemblages of the subsequent (Bessarabian) stage of the Eastern Paratethys. The ecological features of the revealed taxa along with the geological and palaeogeographical contexts suggest a shoreside freshened palaeoenvironment for the Kharalug locality, possibly a lagoon or a lake at some distance from the coastline. The obtained results may contribute to the reconstruction of local Miocene palaeoenvironments within the Paratethyan realm. LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Costa, Vítor P. G. AU - Aureliano, Tito AU - de Aguilar Santos, Claude Luiz AU - Ghilardi, Aline M. TI - The oldest occurrence of Lepisosteus (Ginglymodi: Lepisosteiformes: Lepisosteidae) in Gondwana JF - HISTORICAL BIOLOGY J2 - HIST BIOL PY - 2025 SP - 1 EP - 8 PG - 8 SN - 0891-2963 DO - 10.1080/08912963.2025.2504475 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/36158389 ID - 36158389 LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Skutschas, P.P. AU - Bapinaev, R.A. AU - Parakhin, I.A. AU - Bolotsky, I.Y. AU - Bolotsky, Y.L. AU - Averianov, A.O. TI - Evidence of osteophagia in Mesozoic mammals: multituberculate tooth marks on a hadrosaurid maxilla from the Late Cretaceous of the Russian Far East JF - HISTORICAL BIOLOGY J2 - HIST BIOL PY - 2025 SN - 0891-2963 DO - 10.1080/08912963.2025.2501321 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/36174847 ID - 36174847 N1 - Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Faculty of Biology, Saint Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation Institute of Geology and Nature Management, Far East Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Blagoveshchensk, Russian Federation Export Date: 03 June 2025; Cited By: 0; Correspondence Address: P.P. Skutschas; Vertebrate Zoology Department, Saint Petersburg State University, Universitetskaya Emb. 7/9, 199034, Russian Federation; email: skutchas@mail.ru LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Román, Zsófia AU - Segesdi, Martin AU - Sebe, Krisztina AU - Földes, Tamás AU - Bakrač, Koraljka AU - Virág, Attila AU - Botfalvai, Gábor TI - Palaeontological and taphonomical investigations of the exceptionally rich concentration of Miocene vertebrate coprolites from Pécs-Danitzpuszta (Hungary, Mecsek Mts.) JF - HISTORICAL BIOLOGY J2 - HIST BIOL VL - 37 PY - 2025 IS - 3 SP - 663 EP - 678 PG - 16 SN - 0891-2963 DO - 10.1080/08912963.2024.2324435 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34728890 ID - 34728890 AB - Thousands of coprolites have been collected from the Upper Miocene (Tortonian/Pannonian) sands of the Pécs-Danitzpuszta sand pit, one of the most important mixed Neogene vertebrate localities in Hungary. Although, the locality has been known for centuries, the coprolites have not been investigated in detail. We describe these fossils and explore their palaeoecological significance. Coprolites were examined with thin sections, X-ray powder diffraction and computed tomography. Their surface is mostly smooth, desiccation cracks were not observed. All coprolites mainly consist of apatite, indicating most probably a carnivorous diet. No evidence of herbivory has been found so far. The coprolites contain remains belonging to several groups: ostracod carapaces, bivalve shells, vertebrae from bony fishes, fish scales, as well as teeth. The CT scans show inhomogeneities in the matrix; however, in most cases they do not reliably indicate inclusions. The taphonomical features suggest rapid burial and most likely an aquatic origin. The spiral morphotype could be attributed to fishes with spiral intestinal valves. Teeth of reef-associated fish taxa indicate Badenian age for some specimens, though the coprolite assemblage might include older and younger specimens as well. LA - English DB - MTMT ER -