Светлый фон

The Proboscidea: evolution and palaeoecology of elephants and their relatives. Eds.: Shoshani J. et Tassy P. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1996, 472 p.

Tseng Z. J., Wang X., Slater G. J., Takeuchi G. T., Li Q., Liu J. et Xie G. Himalayan fossils of the oldest known pantherine establish ancient origin of big cats // Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2014, V.281, № 20132686, pp.1–7. Panthera blytheae – древнейшая большая кошка из Тибета.

Panthera blytheae

Van der Geer A. A.E. Systematic revision of the family Hoplitomerycidae Leinders, 1984 (Artiodactyla: Cervoidea), with the description of a new genus and four new species // Zootaxa, 2014, V.3847, № 1, pp.1–32.

Van der Geer A. A.E. The effect of insularity on the Eastern Mediterranean early cervoid Hoplitomeryx: the study of the forelimb // Quaternary International, 2008, V.182, pp.145–159.

Hoplitomeryx

Villarroel A. C. et Marshall L. G. A new argyrolagoid (Mammalia: Marsupialia) from the middle Miocene of Bolivia // Journal of Paleontology, 1988, V.62, № 3, pp.463–467. Сумчатый “тушканчик” Hondalagus altiplanensis.

Hondalagus altiplanensis

Wible J. R. et Rougier G. W. Craniomandibular anatomy of the subterranean meridiolestidan Necrolestes patagonensis Ameghino, 1891 (Mammalia, Cladotheria) from the Early Miocene of Patagonia // Annals of Carnegie Museum, 2017, V.84, № 3, pp.183–252.

Necrolestes patagonensis

Worthy T. H., Tennyson A. J.D., Archer M., Musser A. M., Hand S. J., Jones C., Douglas B. J., McNamara J.A. et Beck R. M.D. Miocene mammal reveals a Mesozoic ghost lineage on insular New Zealand, southwest Pacific // Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, 2006, V.103, № 51, pp.19419–19423. Млекопитающие Новой Зеландии.

Worthy T. H., Tennyson A. J.D., Jones C., McNamara J.A. et Douglas B. J. Miocene waterfowl and other birds from Central Otago, New Zealand // Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 2007, V.5, pp.1–39. Древнейшие моа.

Worthy T. H., Worthy J. P., Tennyson A. J.D., Salisbury S. W., Hand S. J. et Scofield R. P. Miocene fossils show that kiwi (Apteryx, Apterygidae) are probably not phyletic dwarves // Paleornithological Research 2013, Proceedings of the 8th International Meeting of the Society of Avian Paleontology and Evolution, 2013, pp.63–80. Киви Proapteryx micromeros.

Proapteryx micromeros

Плиоцен

Симпсон Дж. Великолепная изоляция. История млекопитающих Южной Америки. М., Мир, 1983, 256 с.

Amson E., Argot Ch., McDonald H.G. et Muizon de Ch. Osteology and functional morphology of the axial postcranium of the marine sloth Thalassocnus (Mammalia, Tardigrada) with paleobiological implications // Journal of Mammalian Evolution, 2015, pp.1–46.