June 2017

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African penguins follow the gaze direction of conspecifics

Experimental setup for gaze testing

June 12, 2017

African penguins follow the gaze direction of conspecifics

Representing some of the first work in this area, the observations made are a starting point for future cross-species comparisons with other members of the penguin family.

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June 20, 2017
The Venice specimen of Ouranosaurus nigeriensis (Dinosauria, Ornithopoda)
7 citations
1,491 downloads
9,335 views
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evolutionary-studies
paleontology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3403 PubMed 28649466
June 27, 2017
Europatitan eastwoodi, a new sauropod from the lower Cretaceous of Iberia in the initial radiation of somphospondylans in Laurasia
11 citations
1,201 downloads
10,517 views
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evolutionary-studies
paleontology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3409 PubMed 28674644
June 6, 2017
New data towards the development of a comprehensive taphonomic framework for the Late Jurassic Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry, Central Utah
1 citation
906 downloads
6,783 views
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ecosystem-science
evolutionary-studies
paleontology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3368 PubMed 28603668
June 30, 2017
Variation in the pelvic and pectoral girdles of Australian Oligo–Miocene mekosuchine crocodiles with implications for locomotion and habitus
2 citations
812 downloads
2,204 views
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ecology
evolutionary-studies
paleontology
taxonomy
zoology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3501 PubMed 28674657
June 28, 2017
Pleistocene reefs of the Egyptian Red Sea: environmental change and community persistence
7 citations
788 downloads
2,786 views
biodiversity
biogeography
ecology
marine-biology
paleontology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3504 PubMed 28674659
June 28, 2017
The comparative osteology of Plesiochelys bigleri n. sp., a new coastal marine turtle from the Late Jurassic of Porrentruy (Switzerland)
11 citations
782 downloads
4,098 views
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evolutionary-studies
paleontology
taxonomy
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3482 PubMed 28674653
June 6, 2017
A methodology of theropod print replication utilising the pedal reconstruction of Australovenator and a simulated paleo-sediment
5 citations
760 downloads
4,535 views
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paleontology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3427 PubMed 28603673
June 21, 2017
The biochronology and palaeobiogeography of Baru (Crocodylia: Mekosuchinae) based on new specimens from the Northern Territory and Queensland, Australia
3 citations
661 downloads
3,024 views
biodiversity
biogeography
paleontology
taxonomy
zoology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3458 PubMed 28649471
June 27, 2017
Revision of “Balaena” belgica reveals a new right whale species, the possible ancestry of the northern right whale, Eubalaena glacialis, and the ages of divergence for the living right whale species
13 citations
616 downloads
3,128 views
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evolutionary-studies
marine-biology
paleontology
taxonomy
zoology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3464 PubMed 28663936
June 28, 2017
A fossil unicorn crestfish (Teleostei, Lampridiformes, Lophotidae) from the Eocene of Iran
1 citation
584 downloads
2,737 views
biodiversity
paleontology
taxonomy
zoology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3381 PubMed 28674642
June 7, 2017
Eocene Loranthaceae pollen pushes back divergence ages for major splits in the family
11 citations
550 downloads
2,872 views
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biogeography
evolutionary-studies
paleontology
plant-science
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3373 PubMed 28607837
June 6, 2017
Disc-shaped fossils resembling porpitids or eldonids from the early Cambrian (Series 2: Stage 4) of western USA
7 citations
538 downloads
3,193 views
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paleontology
taxonomy
zoology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3312 PubMed 28603667
June 30, 2017
3D-Analysis of a non-planispiral ammonoid from the Hunsrück Slate: natural or pathological variation?
3 citations
473 downloads
2,529 views
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ecology
paleontology
taxonomy
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3526 PubMed 28674668
June 13, 2017
Tiny pollen grains: first evidence of Saururaceae from the Late Cretaceous of western North America
6 citations
440 downloads
2,203 views
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paleontology
plant-science
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3434 PubMed 28626610
June 30, 2017
The identification of Oligo-Miocene mammalian palaeocommunities from the Riversleigh World Heritage Area, Australia and an appraisal of palaeoecological techniques
1 citation
432 downloads
1,993 views
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ecology
evolutionary-studies
paleontology
statistics
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3511 PubMed 28674663
African penguins follow the gaze direction of conspecifics

Experimental setup for gaze testing

June 12, 2017

African penguins follow the gaze direction of conspecifics

Representing some of the first work in this area, the observations made are a starting point for future cross-species comparisons with other members of the penguin family.

- read article

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