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Oligocene epoch

A 104-Ma record of deep-sea Atelostomata (Holasterioda, Spatangoida, irregular echinoids) – a story of persistence, food availability and a big bang

Frank Wiese, Nils Schlüter, Jessica Zirkel, Jens O. Herrle, Oliver Friedrich

published 09 Aug 2023

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No evidence for parallel evolution of cursorial limb adaptations among Neogene South American native ungulates (SANUs)

Darin A. Croft, Malena Lorente

published 17 Aug 2021

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Eocene intra-plate shortening responsible for the rise of a faunal pathway in the northeastern Caribbean realm

Mélody Philippon, Jean-Jacques Cornée, Philippe Münch, Douwe J. J. van Hinsbergen, Marcelle BouDagher-Fadel, Lydie Gailler, Lydian M. Boschman, Fredéric Quillevere, Leny Montheil, Aurelien Gay, Jean Fredéric Lebrun, Serge Lallemand, Laurent Marivaux, Pierre-Olivier Antoine, with the GARANTI Team

published 20 Oct 2020

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Burrow systems evince non-solitary geomyid rodents from the Paleogene of southern Mexico

Rosalía Guerrero-Arenas, Eduardo Jiménez-Hidalgo, Jorge Fernando Genise

published 12 Mar 2020

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New data on Amynodontidae (Mammalia, Perissodactyla) from Eastern Europe: Phylogenetic and palaeobiogeographic implications around the Eocene-Oligocene transition

Jérémy Tissier, Damien Becker, Vlad Codrea, Loïc Costeur, Cristina Fărcaş, Alexandru Solomon, Marton Venczel, Olivier Maridet

published 18 Apr 2018

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A new tropical Oligocene dolphin from Montañita/Olón, Santa Elena, Ecuador

Yoshihiro Tanaka, Juan Abella, Gabriel Aguirre-Fernández, Maria Gregori, R. Ewan Fordyce

published 20 Dec 2017

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New records of the dolphin Albertocetus meffordorum (Odontoceti: Xenorophidae) from the lower Oligocene of South Carolina: Encephalization, sensory anatomy, postcranial morphology, and ontogeny of early odontocetes

Robert W. Boessenecker, Erum Ahmed, Jonathan H. Geisler

published 08 Nov 2017

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The first hyaenodont from the late Oligocene Nsungwe Formation of Tanzania: Paleoecological insights into the Paleogene-Neogene carnivore transition

Matthew R. Borths, Nancy J. Stevens

published 11 Oct 2017

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A new species of Argyromys (Rodentia, Mammalia) from the Oligocene of the Valley of Lakes (Mongolia): Its importance for palaeobiogeographical homogeneity across Mongolia, China and Kazakhstan

Paloma López-Guerrero, Olivier Maridet, Zhaoqun Zhang, Gudrun Daxner-Höck

published 22 Mar 2017

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33 million year old Myotis (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) and the rapid global radiation of modern bats

Gregg F. Gunnell, Richard Smith, Thierry Smith

published 08 Mar 2017

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Acrostichum, a Pioneering Fern of Floodplain Areas from the Late Oligocene Sariñena Formation of the Iberian Peninsula

Rafael Moreno-Domínguez, Borja Cascales-Miñana, Javier Ferrer, José B. Diez

published 15 Sep 2016

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New Cricetid Rodents from Strata near the Eocene-Oligocene Boundary in Erden Obo Section (Nei Mongol, China)

Qian Li, Jin Meng, Yuanqing Wang

published 26 May 2016

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Winged Fruits of Deviacer in the Oligocene from the Ningming Basin in Guangxi, South China

Yunfa Chen, Steven R. Manchester

published 01 Dec 2015

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