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Ancient DNA suggests single colonization and within-archipelago diversification of Caribbean caviomorph rodents
(2021)
Reconstructing the evolutionary history of island biotas is complicated by unusual morphological evolution in insular environments. However, past human-caused extinctions limit the use of molecular analyses to determine ...
A new megalonychid sloth from the late Wisconsinan of the Dominican Republic
(2002)
An unusually well preserved skull, mandible, and indisputably associated post-cranial elements of new sloth, Acratocnus (Miocnus), were recovered from a cave in Jaragua National Park, Dominican Republic. The animal died ...
New specimens of late Quaternary extinct mammals from caves in Sánchez Ramírez Province, Dominican Republic
(2000)
During the late Quaternary, the island of Hispaniola supported one of the most diverse mammalian faunas in the West Indies. Much of this diversity was lost to extinction in the past 100,000 years, but the timing of these ...
New cranium of the endemic Caribbean platyrrhine, Antillothrix bernensis, from La Altagracia province, Dominican Republic
(2017)
Recent paleontological collection in submerged caves in the eastern Dominican Republic has yielded new specimens of Antillothrix bernensis. Here we describe a complete cranium of an adult individual (MHD 20) and provide ...
First skull of Antillothrix bernensis, an extinct relict monkey from the Dominican Republic
(2011)
The nearly pristine remains of Antillothrix bernensis, a capuchin-sized (Cebus) extinct platyrrhine from the Dominican Republic, have been found submerged in an underwater cave. This represents the first specimen of an ...
Quaternary bat diversity in the Dominican Republic
(2013)
The fossil record of bats is extensive in the Caribbean, but few fossils have previously been reported from the Dominican Republic. In this paper, we describe new collections of fossil bats from two flooded caves in the ...
La historia natural en tiempos del emperador Carlos V : la importancia de la conquista del Nuevo Mundo
(2000)
A lo largo del siglo XVI se produjo un significativo desarrollo científico en Europa y en los reinos de España. El humanismo y el descubrimiento de América fueron factores esenciales en el impulso dado al estudio de la ...