A nearly complete dentary with preserved i2, p3 and m1 of a relatively large soricomorph from the Dota locality, Kani Basin, Early Miocene (ca. 18.5 Ma), Nakamura Formation of the Mizunami Group in central Japan, is described as a new species of Plesiosorex. It represents the fi rst record of the genus in East Asia. Plesiosorex fejfari sp. nov. has a slender dentary, posteriorly elongated angul...

A new species of Hemerobiidae, Wesmaelius makarkini Yang, Pang & Ren, sp. n. is described from the Lower Miocene, Garang Formation of Zeku County, Qinghai Province (northeastern Tibetan Plateau), China. The species is assigned to the widely distributed extant genus Wesmaelius Krüger (Hemerobiinae). The species represents the first named fossil of this family from China, which sheds light on the...

A total of 12 species of marine gastropods, among which two taxa are new, is reported for the first time from the Miocene deposits of Khavich section, south of Sirjan, Kerman. Gastropods assemblage in Khavich area indicates deposition in shallow, warm ramp-type carbonate platform. The Miocene and even Oligocene gastropod assemblages, relatively similar to Khavich section, reported from the othe...

T of woodpeckers and allies (Pici) is very poor, but the members of this group—barbets and toucans (Ramphastidae including “Capitonidae”; see Prum 1988); honeyguides (Indicatoridae); and woodpeckers, wrynecks, and piculets (Picidae)—today have an almost worldwide distribution and occur in most forested habitats (del Hoyo et al. 2002). Paleogene (pre-Miocene; i.e. older than 23 Ma) remains of th...

The lower Miocene of Rusinga Island (Lake Victoria, Kenya) is best known for its vertebrate fossil assemblage but the multiple stratigraphic intervals with well-preserved leaves have received much less attention. Hiwegi Formation has three leaf-rich intervals, which span entire formation from oldest to youngest: Kiahera Hill, R5, and R3. Here, we describe new collections Hill R3 compared these ...