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Insular giant leporid matured later than predicted by scaling
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Köhler, Meike (Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont) ;
Nacarino-Meneses, Carmen (Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont) ;
Quintana Cardona, Josep (Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont) ;
Arnold, Walter (University of Veterinary Medicine. Department of Interdisciplinary Life Sciences) ;
Stalder, Gabrielle (University of Veterinary Medicine. Department of Interdisciplinary Life Sciences) ;
Suchentrunk, Franz (University of Veterinary Medicine. Department of Interdisciplinary Life Sciences) ;
Moyà Solà, Salvador (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Biologia Animal, de Biologia Vegetal i d'Ecologia)
The island syndrome describes morphological, behavioral, and life history traits that evolve in parallel in endemic insular organisms. A basic axiom of the island syndrome is that insular endemics slow down their pace of life. [...] We tested this question in the fossil insular giant leporid Nuralagus rex. Using bone histology, we constructed both a continental extant taxon model derived from experimentally fluorochrome-labeled Lepus europaeus to calibrate life history events, and a growth model for the insular taxon. [...]
2023 - 10.1016/j.isci.2023.107654
iScience, Vol. 26, Issue 9 (September 2023) , art. 107654
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Palaeohistology reveals a slow pace of life for the dwarfed Sicilian elephant
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Köhler, Meike (Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont) ;
Herridge, Victoria (Natural History Museum. Earth Sciences) ;
Nacarino-Meneses, Carmen (Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont) ;
Fortuny, Josep (Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont) ;
Moncunill Solé, Blanca (Universidade da Coruña. Centro de Investigacións Científicas Avanzadas) ;
Rosso, Antonietta (Università di Catania. Dipartimento di Scienze Biologiche, Geologiche e Ambientali) ;
Sanfilippo, Rossana (Università di Catania. Dipartimento di Scienze Biologiche, Geologiche e Ambientali) ;
Palombo, Maria Rita (Sapienza University of Rome. c7o Earth Science Department) ;
Moyà Solà, Salvador (Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont)
The 1-m-tall dwarf elephant Palaeoloxodon falconeri from the Pleistocene of Sicily (Italy) is an extreme example of insular dwarfism and epitomizes the Island Rule. Based on scaling of life-history (LH) traits with body mass, P. [...]
2021 - 10.1038/s41598-021-02192-4
Scientific reports, Vol. 11 (November 2021) , art. 22862
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Limb bone histology records birth in mammals
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Nacarino-Meneses, Carmen (Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont) ;
Köhler, Meike (Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont)
The annual cyclicality of cortical bone growth marks (BGMs) allows reconstruction of some important life history traits, such as longevity, growth rate or age at maturity. Little attention has been paid, however, to non-cyclical BGMs, though some record key life history events such as hatching (egg-laying vertebrates), metamorphosis (amphibians), or weaning (suggested for Microcebus and the hedgehog). [...]
2018 - 10.1371/journal.pone.0198511
PloS one, Vol. 13, Issue 6 (June 2018) , p. e0198511
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Dental histology of late Miocene hipparionins compared with extant Equus, and its implications for Equidae life history
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Orlandi Oliveras, Guillem 1992- (Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont) ;
Nacarino-Meneses, Carmen (Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont) ;
Köhler, Meike (Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont) ;
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Hipparionins were a dominant element of the late Miocene faunas of Europe; however, their biology and ecology remain incompletely understood. In this paper, we explore the pace of life history of different-sized hipparionin horses, using dental histology, and compare it with extant equids. [...]
2019 - 10.1016/j.palaeo.2019.04.016
Palaeogeography, palaeoclimatology, palaeoecology, Vol. 528 (August 2019) , p. 133-146
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Reconstructing molar growth from enamel histology in extant and extinct Equus
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Nacarino-Meneses, Carmen (Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont) ;
Jordana Comín, Xavier (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Biologia Animal, de Biologia Vegetal i d'Ecologia) ;
Orlandi Oliveras, Guillem 1992- (Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont) ;
Köhler, Meike (Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont)
The way teeth grow is recorded in dental enamel as incremental marks. Detailed analysis of tooth growth is known to provide valuable insights into the growth and the pace of life of vertebrates. Here, we study the growth pattern of the frst lower molar in several extant and extinct species of Equus and explore its relationship with life history events. [...]
2017 - 10.1038/s41598-017-16227-2
Scientific reports, Vol. 7, (November 2017) , art. 15965
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