I describe new specimens of carnivoran mammals from the continental late Miocene Baynunah Formation, exposed in western coastal region Abu Dhabi Emirate. New material collected between 2002 and 2014 includes dental mustelid Plesiogulo sp. a large-sized hyaenid, postcranial remains an upper canine machairodontine felid, postcrania tooth medium-sized mustelid. The latter two are taxonomic records...

Abundant Cardioichnus planus SMITH & CRIMES, 1983 have been reported for the first time from Africa. They occur in lower Miocene deep-marine deposits near Tiaret northwestern Algeria. Morphological features of trace, coupled with spatial interrelationships between and echinoids documented this area, provide evidence that endemic spatangoid Echinocardium nummuliticum PÉRON GAUTHIER, 1885 rep...

The upper Miocene Chagres Formation, cropping out along the Caribbean coast of Panama, has been previously interpreted as record last deep-water connection between and Pacific oceans based on bodyfossil paleodepth estimates. We test this interpretation by presenting an integrated ichnological sedimentological analysis eight coastal localities Formation (Toro Limestone Sandstone members). Toro M...