PalEurAfrica

PalEurAfrica

Origin of the European modern faunas through Palaeogene Central Africa collections

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De Bast, E. & Smith, T. The oldest Cenozoic mammal fauna of Europe: implication of the Hainin reference fauna for mammalian evolution and dispersals during the Palaeocene. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology (IF2015= 3.143).
Smith, T., Kumar, K., Rana, R.S., Folie, A., Solé, F., Noiret, C., Steeman, T., Sahni, A., Rose, K.D., 2016. New early Eocene vertebrate assemblage from western India reveals a mixed fauna of European and Gondwana affinities, Geoscience Frontiers doi:10.1016/j.gsf.2016.05.001.
Solé, F., Essid, E.M., Marzougui, W., Temani, R., Khayati Ammar, H., Mahboubi, M., Marivaux, L., Vianey-Liaud, M. & Tabuce, R. New fossils of Hyaenodonta (Mammalia) from the Eocene localities of Chambi (Tunisia) and Bir el Ater (Algeria), and the evolution of the earliest African hyaenodonts. Palaeontologia Electronica (IF2015= 1.23).

2016
Sallam, H.M., Sileem, A.H., Miller, E.R. & Gunnell, G.F., 2016. Deciduous dentition and dental eruption sequence of Bothriogenys fraasi (Anthracotheriidae, Artiodactyla) from the Fayum Depression, Egypt. Palaeontologia Electronica 19.3.35A: 1-17 palaeo-electronica.org/content/2016/1595-anthracotheriidae-from-egypt (IF2015= 1.23).
Dunn, R. H., Rose, K.D., Rana, R.S., Kumar, K., Sahni, A. & Smith, T., 2016. New euprimate postcrania from the early Eocene of Gujarat, India, and the strepsirrhine-haplorhine divergence. Journal of Human Evolution 99: 25-51 (IF2015= 3.767).
Noiret, C., Steurbaut, E., Tabuce, R., Marandat, B., Schnyder, J., Storme, J-Y. & Yans, J., 2016. New bio-chemostratigraphic dating of a unique early Eocene sequence from southern Europe results in precise mammalian biochronological tie-points. Newsletters on Stratigraphy 49(3): 469-480 (IF2015= 2.120).
Pérez-García, A., Smith, R. & Smith, T., 2016. Anatomy and variability of Cuvierichelys parisiensis, a geoemydid turtle that crosses the Eocene-Oligocene boundary in Belgium. Journal of Iberian Geology 42(2): 161-170 (IF2015= 1.827).
Solé F., Smith T., De Bast E., Codrea V. & Gheerbrant E. 2016. New carnivoraforms from the latest Paleocene of Europe and their bearing on the origin and radiation of Carnivoraformes (Carnivoramorpha, Mammalia). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology e1082480 (IF2015= 2.042).

2015
De Putter T., Ruffet G., Yans J., Mees F. 2015. The age of supergene manganese deposits in Katanga and its implications for the Neogene evolution of the African Great Lakes Region. Ore Geology Reviews, 71, 350–362, doi: 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2015.06.015 (IF2014 = 3,558)
Solé F., Falconnet J. & Vidalenc D. New fossil Hyaenodonta (Mammalia, Placentalia) from the Ypresian and Lutetian of France and the evolution of the Proviverrinae in Southern France. Palaeontology 58, 1049–1072, doi: 10.1111/pala.12198 (IF2014= 2,24)
Smith T., Solé F., Missiaen P., Rana R., Kumar K., Sahni A. & Rose K.D., 2015. First early Eocene tapiroid from India and its implication for the paleobiogeographic origin of perissodactyls. Palaeovertebrata, 39 (2), 1–9. doi: 10.18563/pv.39.2.e5
Solé F., Amson E., Borths M., Vidalenc D., Morlo M. & Bastl K., 2015. A New Large Hyainailourine from the Bartonian of Europe and Its Bearings on the Evolution and Ecology of Massive Hyaenodonts (Mammalia). PLoS ONE 10(9): e0135698. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0135698 (IF2014= 3,234)
Rana R.S., Kumar K., Zack S.P., Solé F., Rose K.D., Missiaen P., Singh L., Sahni A. & Smith T., 2015. Craniodental and postcranial morphology of Indohyaenodon raoi from the early Eocene of India, and its implications for ecology, phylogeny, and biogeography of hyaenodontid mammals. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 35 (5): 1–22. doi: 10.1080/02724634.2015.965308 (IF2014= 1,979)
Solé F., Smith T., Tabuce R. & Marandat B., 2015. New dental elements of the oldest proviverrine mammal from the early Eocene of Southern France support possible African origin of the subfamily. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 60 (3): 527–538. doi:10.4202/app.00146.2014 (IF2014= 1,866)
Blackburn D.C., Roberts E.M. & Stevens N.J. 2015. The earliest record of the endemic African frog family Ptychadenidae from the Oligocene Nsungwe Formation of Tanzania, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 35:2, e907174, doi: 10.1080/02724634.2014.907174 (IF2014= 1,979)
Gebo D.L., Smith R., Dagosto M. & Smith T., 2015. Additional Postcranial Elements of Teilhardina belgica, the oldest European primate. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 156: 388-406. (IF2013: 2.514).

2014
Gebo DL, Smith R, Dagosto M & Smith T, 2014. Additional Postcranial Elements of Teilhardina belgica, the oldest European primate. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 156:388-406. doi: 10.1002/ajpa.22664. (IF2014: 2.379).
Martin J., Smith T., de Lapparent de Broin F., Escuillié F. & Delfino M., 2014.. Late Palaeocene eusuchian remains from Mont de Berru, France, and the origin of the alligatoroid Diplocynodon. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 172: 867-891. (IF2014: 2.717).
Rose KD, Holbrook LT, Rana RS, Kumar K, Jones KE, Ahrens HE, Missiaen P, Sahni AA & Smith T., 2014. Early Eocene fossils suggest the mammalian order Perissodactyla originated in India. Nature Communications 5, 5570, doi:10.1038/ncomms6570. (IF2014: 11.470).
Storme, J.-Y., Steurbaut E., Devleeschouwer, X., Dupuis C., Iacumin, P., Rochez G. & Yans, J., 2014. Integrated bio-chemostratigraphical correlations and climatic evolution across the Danian-Selandian boundary at low latitudes. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 414, 212-224 (IF2014: 2.7339).
Yans J., Marandat B., Masure E., Serra-Kiel J., Schnyder J., Storme J.-Y., Marivaux L., Adnet S., Vianey-Liaud M. & Tabuce R., 2014. Refined bio- (benthic foraminifera, dinoflagellate cysts) and chemostratigraphy (13Corg) of the earliest Eocene at Albas-Le Clot (Corbières, France): implications for mammalian biochronology in Western Europe. Newsletters on Stratigraphy 47/3, 331-353 (IF2013: 2.526).
McCartney J., Stevens N.J. & O’Connor P.M. 2014. The Earliest Colubroid-Dominated Snake Fauna from Africa: Perspectives from the Late Oligocene Nsungwe Formation of Southwestern Tanzania. PLoS ONE 9(3): e90415. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0090415 (IF2014: 3.234).
Orliac M.J., Ladevèze S., Gingerich P.D., Lebrun R. & Smith T. 2014. Endocranial morphology of Palaeocene Plesiadapis tricuspidens and evolution of the early primate brain. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 281: 2013-2792 (IF2014: 5.051).
Smith T., Quesnel F., De Plöeg G., De Franceschi D., Métais G., De Bast E., Solé F., Folie A., Boura A., Claude J., Dupuis C., Gagnaison C., Iakovleva A., Martin J., Maubert F., Prieur J., Roche E., Storme J.-Y., Thomas R., Tong H., Yans J. & Buffetaut E. 2014. First Clarkforkian Equivalent Land Mammal Age in the Latest Paleocene Basal Sparnacian Facies of Europe: Fauna, Flora, Paleoenvironment and (Bio)stratigraphy. PLoS ONE 9(1): e86229. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0086229 (IF2014: 3.234).
Kocsis L., Gheerbrant E., Mouflih M., Cappetta H., Yans J. & Amaghzaz M., 2014. Comprehensive stable isotope investigation of marine biogenic apatite from the late Cretaceous-early Eocene phosphate Series of Morocco. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 394, 74-88. (IF2014: 2.339).