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Mikael Fortelius, the Glossary

Mikael Fortelius (born 1 February 1954) is a professor of evolutionary palaeontology at the University of Helsinki and the coordinator of the Neogene of the Old World database of fossil mammals.^[1]

11 relations: Developmental biology, Eurasia, Evolution, Mammal, Neogene, Neogene of the Old World, Paleontology, Paraceratheriidae, Tooth, Ungulate, University of Helsinki.
Finnish paleontologists

Developmental biology

Developmental biology is the study of the process by which animals and plants grow and develop.

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Eurasia

Eurasia is the largest continental area on Earth, comprising all of Europe and Asia.

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Evolution

Evolution is the change in the heritable characteristics of biological populations over successive generations.

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Mammal

A mammal is a vertebrate animal of the class Mammalia.

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The Neogene is a geologic period and system that spans 20.45 million years from the end of the Paleogene Period million years ago (Mya) to the beginning of the present Quaternary Period million years ago.

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Neogene of the Old World

Neogene of the Old World is a database containing information about Eurasian Miocene to Pleistocene land mammal taxa and localities, with emphasis on the European Miocene and Pliocene.

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Paleontology

Paleontology, also spelled palaeontology or palæontology, is the scientific study of life that existed prior to the start of the Holocene epoch (roughly 11,700 years before present).

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Paraceratheriidae

Paraceratheriidae is an extinct family of long-limbed, hornless rhinocerotoids, native to Asia and Eastern Europe that originated in the Eocene epoch and lived until the end of the Oligocene.

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