Dorota Środek

Reassessment of Miocene putative coprolites from Poland suggests a biogenic origin and probable squamate (reptilian) producers

Additional ferruginous excrement-shaped masses interpreted as putative coprolites were recovered from Miocene deposits of the Kleszczów Graben, central Poland. Earlier studies favored an abiotic origin, but our reassessment provides evidence supporting a biogenic interpretation....

Direct evidence for scavenging as a primary feeding strategy in Pliocrocuta, an extinct genus of bone-cracking hyaenas

Abstract The carnivoran family Hyaenidae exhibits a complex evolutionary history of diverse trophic adaptations, including the consumption of almost entire carcasses, either predated or scavenged. The associated durophagy peaked within the subfamily Hyaeninae in a clade of ‘fully...