Publications by authors named "Jeremy Tissier"

Reduction of the anterior dentition (i.e. incisors and canines) is a major adaptative trait of the Rhinocerotidae among Perissodactyla.

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Background: Wischberg is a Swiss locality in Bern Canton which has yielded numerous vertebrates remains from the earliest Miocene (= MN1). It has a very rich faunal diversity, one of the richest in Switzerland for this age. Among all the mammals reported in the original faunal list 70 years ago, three rhinocerotid species were identified.

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Amynodontidae is a family of Rhinocerotoidea (Mammalia, Perissodactyla) known from the late Early Eocene to the latest Oligocene, in North America and Eurasia. European Amynodontidae are very rare, and all remains belong almost exclusively to a single post-Grande Coupure genus from the Oligocene, Cadurcotherium. The "Grande Coupure" defines an extinctions and dispersal-generated originations event in Europe that is nearly contemporaneous with the Eocene-Oligocene transition.

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  • Researchers discovered a 40-34 million-year-old mummified salamander fossil preserved in a terrestrial environment, showcasing both its skeletal and soft tissue structures in three dimensions.
  • Advanced imaging techniques revealed internal organs such as a lung, spinal cord, and digestive tract, providing insights into the salamander's ecology and diet, including evidence of it preying on frogs.
  • This find enhances the understanding of soft tissue anatomy in early salamanders and suggests environmental factors like bat guano may have contributed to the unusual preservation of the specimen.
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