Université de Fribourg

To split or not to split Anthracotherium? A phylogeny of Anthracotheriinae (Cetartiodactyla: Hippopotamoidea) and its palaeobiogeographical implications

Scherler, Laureline ; Lihoreau, Fabrice ; Becker, Damien

In: Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2019, vol. 185, no. 2, p. 487–510

Since its first erection almost 200 years ago, palaeontologists have assigned to the genus Anthracotherium many species, some with dubious descriptions. Although it is a key taxon for specifying the invasion of Europe by terrestrial mammals during the well-studied Grande Coupure Event at the beginning of the Oligocene, the genus has never been reviewed before. A recent interest in the...

Université de Fribourg

The Ruminantia (Mammalia, Cetartiodactyla) from the Oligocene to the Early Miocene of Western Europe : systematics, palaeoecology and palaeobiogeography

Mennecart, Bastien ; Strasser, André (Dir.)

Thèse de doctorat : Université de Fribourg, 2012 ; no 1756.

Nowadays, the ruminants are the most ecologically diverse hoofed mammals of the world. All the extent of families (including related species from the Burdigalian) and feeding habits can be deduced from the mandible shape. The Tragulidae possess a small coronoid process, a shortened diastema, and a weak incisura vasorum. The Eupecora have an elongated diastema (extremely extended within the...

Université de Fribourg

Large mammals from Rickenbach (Switzerland, reference locality MP29, Late Oligocene): biostratigraphic and palaeoenvironmental implications

Mennecart, Bastien ; Scherler, Laureline ; Hiard, Florent ; Becker, Damien ; Berger, Jean-Pierre

In: Swiss Journal of Palaeontology, 2012, vol. 131, no. 1, p. 161-181

Since the first exploitation of the Huppersandstones quarry of Rickenbach (Canton Solothurn, Switzerland) in 1898, many fossils of plants, molluscs, and vertebrates have been discovered. The study of the small mammals brought this locality to international recognition as the type locality for the European mammalian reference level MP29 (latest Oligocene). Our study reviews the terrestrial...

Bibliothèque cantonale jurassienne

Diets of modern and Late Miocene hippopotamids : evidence from carbon isotope composition and micro-wear of tooth enamel

Boisserie, Jean-Renaud

In: Palaeogeography, palaeoclimatology, palaeoecology : an international journal for the geo-sciences, 2005, vol. 221, p. 153

Bibliothèque cantonale jurassienne

The position of hippopotamidae within cetartiodactyla

Boisserie, Jean-Renaud ; Lihoreau, Fabrice

In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America : PNAS, 2005, vol. 102, no. 5, p. 1537

Bibliothèque cantonale jurassienne

The position of hippopotamidae within cetartiodactyla : [supporting information]

Boisserie, Jean-Renaud ; Lihoreau, Fabrice

In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America : PNAS, 2005/102/5/