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A New Fulmarine Petrel (Aves: Procellariiformes) from the Upper Miocene of the Western Mediterranean

scientific article published in 2001

A new genus of endemic cricetid (Mammalia, Rodentia) from the late Neogene of Mallorca (Balearic Islands, Spain)

article

A new giant cricetine from the basal Pliocene of Mallorca (Balearic Islands, western Mediterranean): biostratigraphic nexus with continental mammal zones

A new species of extinct fossil scops owl (Aves: Strigiformes: Strigidae: Otus) from the Archipelago of Madeira (North Atlantic Ocean) ⬇️

scientific article published on 3 February 2012

A new species of extinct little owl from the Pleistocene of Mallorca (Balearic Islands)

A new species of extinct scops owl (Aves: Strigiformes: Strigidae: Otus) from São Miguel Island (Azores Archipelago, North Atlantic Ocean)

scientific article (publication date: 9 May 2013)

A new species of rail (Aves: Rallidae) from the Upper Pleistocene and Holocene of Eivissa (Pityusic Islands, western Mediterranean)

scientific article (publication date: 10 October 2005)

An early Pliocene anuran assemblage from Mallorca (Balearic Islands, Western Mediterranean): palaeobiogeographic and palaeoenvironmental implications

Ancient DNA of the extinct lava shearwater (Puffinus olsoni) from the Canary Islands reveals incipient differentiation within the P. puffinus complex

scientific article

Archaeological evidence for the introduction of Emys orbicularis (Testudines: Emydidae) in the Balearic Islands, Western Mediterranean

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Body shape and life style of the extinct Balearic dormouse Hypnomys (Rodentia, Gliridae): new evidence from the study of associated skeletons

scientific article published in 2010

Both introduced and extinct: The fallow deer of Roman Mallorca

Chronology and causes of the extinction of the Lava Mouse, Malpaisomys insularis (Rodentia: Muridae) from the Canary Islands

Climate and landscape during Heinrich Event 3 in south-western Europe: the small-vertebrate association from Galls Carboners cave (Mont-ral, Tarragona, north-eastern Iberia)

Closing the gap: New data on the last documented Myotragus and the first human evidence on Mallorca (Balearic Islands, Western Mediterranean Sea)

Diet of the extinct Lava mouse Malpaisomys insularis from the Canary Islands: insights from dental microwear.

scientific article published on 24 November 2010

Disentangling ancient interactions: a new extinct passerine provides insights on character displacement among extinct and extant island finches

scientific article

Documenting Introductions: The Earliest Evidence for the Presence of Dog (Canis familiarisLinnaeus 1758) in the Prehistory of the Balearic Islands

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Dwarfism and gigantism drive human-mediated extinctions on islands

scientific article published on 29 March 2023

Evidence for a recent introduction of Crocidura russula (Mammalia, Eulipotyphla, Soricomorpha) in Mallorca (Balearic Islands, western Mediterranean Sea)

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FOCUS: Bone Needles in Mallorcan Prehistory: a Reappraisal

First evidence of endemic Murinae (Rodentia, Mammalia) in the early Pliocene of the Balearic Islands (western Mediterranean)

scientific article published in 2019

First fossil evidence for the advance of replacement teeth coupled with life history evolution along an anagenetic mammalian lineage

scientific article published in 2013

First fossil record of Vipera Laurenti 1768 “Oriental vipers complex” (Serpentes: Viperidae) from the Early Pliocene of the western Mediterranean islands

scientific article published in 2010

Five new extinct species of rails (Aves: Gruiformes: Rallidae) from the Macaronesian Islands (North Atlantic Ocean)

scientific article (publication date: 10 December 2015)

Island extinctions: processes, patterns, and potential for ecosystem restoration

Late Miocene/Early Pliocene vertebrate fauna from Mallorca (Balearic Islands, Western Mediterranean): an update

scientific article

Late-Holocene asynchronous extinction of endemic mammals on the eastern Canary Islands

article published in 2011

Maioricalacerta rafelinensis, gen. et sp. nov. (Squamata, Lacertidae), from the early Pliocene of Mallorca (Balearic Islands, western Mediterranean Sea)

Mammal species of the world: additional data on insular mammals ⬇️

scholarly article

Mandible Morphometrics, Dental Microwear Pattern, and Paleobiology of the Extinct Balearic DormouseHypnomys morpheus

scientific article published in 2009

Molecular dating of caprines using ancient DNA sequences of Myotragus balearicus, an extinct endemic Balearic mammal

scientific article

Molecular phylogeny and evolution of the extinct bovid Myotragus balearicus

scientific article

Morphological divergence in giant fossil dormice

scientific article published on 04 November 2020

ORIGINAL ARTICLE: Extinction of the autochthonous small mammals of Mallorca (Gymnesic Islands, Western Mediterranean) and its ecological consequences

On the extinction of the Dune Shearwater (Puffinus holeae) from the Canary Islands

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Origin, extinction and ancient DNA of a new fossil insular viper: molecular clues of overseas immigration

scientific article published in 2020

Paleogenetic analyses reveal unsuspected phylogenetic affinities between mice and the extinct Malpaisomys insularis, an endemic rodent of the Canaries

scientific article (publication date: 2012)

Paleogenomics in a temperate environment: shotgun sequencing from an extinct Mediterranean caprine

scientific article (publication date: 22 May 2009)

Paleoparasitological analysis of the extinct Myotragus balearicus Bate 1909 (Artiodactyla, Caprinae) from Mallorca (Balearic Islands, Western Mediterranean).

scientific article published on 18 November 2016

Predators of Vertebrates on Islands

Presence of Hypolagus Dice, 1917 (Mammalia, Lagomorpha) in the Neogene of the Balearic Islands (Western Mediterranean): Description of Hypolagus balearicus nov. sp

scientific article published in 2010

Radiocarbon evidence for a prehistoric deliberate translocation: the weasel (Mustela nivalis) of Mallorca

article

Radiocarbon evidence for the presence of mice on Madeira Island (North Atlantic) one millennium ago ⬇️

scientific article (publication date: 7 April 2014)

Rallus nanus nomen novum: a replacement name for Rallus minutus Alcover et al. 2015

scientific article

Reappraisal of the extinction of Canariomys bravoi, the giant rat from Tenerife (Canary Islands)

scholarly article

The First Mallorcans: Prehistoric Colonization in the Western Mediterranean

article by Josep Antoni Alcover et al published March 2008 in Journal of World Prehistory

The Upper Pleistocene-Holocene raptorial bird guild from Eivissa Island (Pityusic Archipelago, Western Mediterranean Sea)

scientific article published in 2013

The case of an insular molarless black rat: Effects on lifestyle and mandible morphology

scientific article published on 9 June 2010

The chronology of the introduction of two species of Martes (Carnivora, Mustelidae) on the Western Mediterranean Islands: first direct radiocarbon evidence

article

The extent of extinctions of mammals on islands

Three islands, three worlds: Paleogeography and evolution of the vertebrate fauna from the Balearic Islands

scholarly article

Understanding Late Quaternary extinctions: the case of Myotragus balearicus (Bate, 1909)

Une nouvelle forme insulaire d'Effraie geanteTyto balearica N. sp., (Aves, Strigiformes), du Plio-Pleistocene des Baleares

scientific article published in 1980

Unraveling the phylogenetic relationships of the extinct bovid Myotragus balearicus Bate 1909 from the Balearic Islands

scientific article published in July 2019

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