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Pleistocene Mammals of North America
Bjorn Kurten,Elaine Anderson +1 more
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The article was published on 1980-10-15 and is currently open access. It has received 907 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Platygonus & Homotherium.read more
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Skull, mandible, and metapodials of the extinct Harrington's mountain goat (Oreamnos harringtoni)
Jim I. Mead,Mark C. Lawler +1 more
TL;DR: Chester Stock (1936) described a late Rancholabrean species of extinct mountain goat (Oreamnos harringtoni) based on scant remains from a cave in the Great Basin, Nevada as discussed by the authors.
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Palynology and mycology of organic clay balls accompanying mastodon bones—New Brunswick, Canada
TL;DR: In this article, an American mastodon skeleton was examined for pollen and spores of plants and fungi, and it was found that the organic component of the clay ball was derived from plants consumed by, and contained within, the animal at the time of death.
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Functional morphology and fur patterns in Recent and fossil Panthera species
TL;DR: Thermal images of the recent subspecies clearly demonstrate the significance of mane development in terms of functional morphology, and suggest that manes in felids can develop in warm climate only.
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A new prairie dog, Cynomys churcherii, from the Late Pleistocene of southern Alberta
J.A. Burns,W.B. Mcgillivray +1 more
TL;DR: Excavation of fossil burrows in the Hand Hills, about 30 km northeast of Drumheller, Alberta, has produced over 3000 skeletal remains, including major portions of nine associated skeletons of a speckled lemming.
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Otospermophilus beecheyi (Rodentia: Sciuridae)
TL;DR: The California ground squirrel (formerly, Beechey ground squirrel), is dorsally brown with silver spotting, which is an important prey species for mammalian, reptilian, and avian predators and an ecosystem engineer that constructs burrows that benefit commensals.