April 2017

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Variegated tropical landscapes conserve diverse dung beetle communities

Scarabaeus laticollis

April 4, 2017

Variegated tropical landscapes conserve diverse dung beetle communities

Researchers investigated the biodiversity of tropical landscapes by studying the range of dung beetles present in differing biomes.

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April 25, 2017
Virtual reconstruction of the endocranial anatomy of the early Jurassic marine crocodylomorph Pelagosaurus typus (Thalattosuchia)
16 citations
779 downloads
4,076 views
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paleontology
zoology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3225 PubMed 28462034
April 11, 2017
Aspects of gorgonopsian paleobiology and evolution: insights from the basicranium, occiput, osseous labyrinth, vasculature, and neuroanatomy
12 citations
1,006 downloads
3,776 views
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developmental-biology
evolutionary-studies
neuroscience
paleontology
anatomy-and-physiology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3119 PubMed 28413721
April 5, 2017
Improving ancient DNA genome assembly
5 citations
714 downloads
3,329 views
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bioinformatics
paleontology
computational-science
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3126 PubMed 28392981
April 13, 2017
Rates of morphological evolution in Captorhinidae: an adaptive radiation of Permian herbivores
6 citations
539 downloads
2,755 views
evolutionary-studies
paleontology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3200 PubMed 28417061
April 18, 2017
Microanatomy and paleohistology of the intercentra of North American metoposaurids from the Upper Triassic of Petrified Forest National Park (Arizona, USA) with implications for the taxonomy and ontogeny of the group
11 citations
521 downloads
2,735 views
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evolutionary-studies
paleontology
taxonomy
histology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3183 PubMed 28439462
April 11, 2017
Intra-specific variation and allometry of the skull of Late Cretaceous side-necked turtle Bauruemys elegans (Pleurodira, Podocnemididae) and how to deal with morphometric data in fossil vertebrates
2 citations
765 downloads
2,686 views
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paleontology
zoology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2890 PubMed 28413719
April 20, 2017
New findings of Pleistocene fossil turtles (Geoemydidae, Kinosternidae and Chelydridae) from Santa Elena Province, Ecuador
6 citations
469 downloads
1,979 views
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biodiversity
evolutionary-studies
paleontology
taxonomy
histology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3215 PubMed 28439472
April 27, 2017
First report of bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) from the Gray Fossil Site (late Miocene or early Pliocene), Tennessee, USA
2 citations
385 downloads
1,814 views
biogeography
paleontology
taxonomy
zoology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3263 PubMed 28462055
April 26, 2017
The first juvenile specimen of Manchurochelys manchoukuoensis from the Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota
3 citations
409 downloads
1,773 views
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developmental-biology
paleontology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3274 PubMed 28462061
April 27, 2017
Agerinia marandati sp. nov., a new early Eocene primate from the Iberian Peninsula, sheds new light on the evolution of the genus Agerinia
3 citations
302 downloads
1,541 views
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anthropology
biodiversity
paleontology
taxonomy
zoology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3239 PubMed 28462042
Variegated tropical landscapes conserve diverse dung beetle communities

Scarabaeus laticollis

April 4, 2017

Variegated tropical landscapes conserve diverse dung beetle communities

Researchers investigated the biodiversity of tropical landscapes by studying the range of dung beetles present in differing biomes.

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