Enamel ultrastructure of molars in †Anomalomys gaillardi and some spalacid taxa (Rodentia, Mammalia)

Prospalax priscus jaw from the site of Węże 2 (southern Poland, Pliocene)

“…Supposedly by analogy to the extant Eurasian blind mole rats (the genus Spalax), to which it was once considered closely related (Méhely, 1908;Topachevskii, 1976), Prospalax has been described as a burrowing animal of the steppe and open grasslands, similar in their behavior and adaptations to the modern spalacids (Kowalski, 1964;Sulimski, 1964;Bachmayer and Wilson, 1970;Sabol, 2003) which was also considered true for the Anomalomyidae in general (Bachmayer & Wilson, 1970;Kowalski, 1994;Bolliger, 1999). However, the interpretation of anomalomyid ecology has been shifting towards understanding them as animals dwelling in forest environments, behaviorally similar to the extant burrowing shrews, and not well adapted to strictly underground lifestyle (Kalthoff, 2000;Hordijk & de Bruijn, 2009;Nesin & Kovalchuk, 2020) rowing adaptations in these two clades is now described as a result of an evolutionary convergence (Nowakowski et al, 2018;Nesin & Kovalchuk, 2020). It is noteworthy that P. priscus itself has not infrequently been found in association with species suggestive for arboreal environments, i.e.…”

Особливості Емалі Корінних Зубів Коней Пржевальського Equus Ferrus Przewalskii Poljakov, 1881 Чорнобильської Зони Як Функціо-Нальної Структури

“…Такое усложнение структуры зубов не всегда соответствует функциональной морфологии, как, например, у представителей трибы Lagurini (Rodentia), однако структура эмали всегда является видоспецифичным признаком. Она имеет, как и другие признаки, таксономические и эволюционные характеристики (Nowakowski et al, 2018).…”

Beavers (Castoridae, Rodentia) from the late Miocene (MN 9) locality Grytsiv in Ukraine

“…For Eastern Europe, including Ukraine, the study of extinct castorids is still inadequate, although their remains are frequently found in Miocene and Pliocene deposits (Topachevsky et al 1987, Nesin and Nadachowski 2001, Rekovets et al 2009. The scarce information available on the ultrastructure of the tooth enamel of extinct beavers and other rodents from this region was published several years ago (Rekovets and Nowakowski 2013, Rekovets and Kovalchuk 2017, Nowakowski et al 2018.…”