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Carnivore taphonomy in South America: a review of actualistic studies and their implications in the southern Neotropics
(Taylor and Francis Ltd., 2018-08)
Actualistic studies on mammalian carnivore taphonomy in southern South America are reviewed here, including pumas, small cats, foxes, and other, smaller carnivores. Patterns for different carnivore taxa and their variation ...
Manifesto of the South American school of (actualistic) taphonomy
(Society for Sedimentary Geology, 2016-02-01)
When the young Charles Darwin explored the Atlantic coast of southern South America, he was impressed by its fossils —as he wrote in the first paragraph of the Origin of Species (1859)— and the magnitude of its “wide and ...
Lithic taphonomy in desert environments: Contributions from Fuego-Patagonia (Southern South America)
(Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, 2016-11)
This paper focuses on the contributions of taphonomic approaches to the study of lithic assemblages. Based on actualistic and archaeological case studies from Fuego-Patagonia (South America), here I summarize some of the ...
Taphonomy and depositional environment of a Lower Cretaceous monospecific dinosaur bone assemblage (Puesto Quiroga Member, Lohan Cura Formation), Neuquén Province, Argentina
(Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, 2015-08)
The Puesto Díaz Quarry (Lohan Cura Formation, Lower Cretaceous of Neuquén Basin, Argentina) consists of a monospecific dinosaur bone assemblage that includes 126 specimens from, at least, three individuals of the rebbachisaurid ...
Taphonomy and dispersion of bones scavenged by New World vultures and caracaras in Northwestern Patagonia: implications for the formation of archaeological sites
(Springer, 2016-06)
Scavenger birds can feed on large- to small-sized vertebrates and may contribute in the formation of archaeological sites. To evaluate the modifications and dispersal patterns of bones produced by New World vulture and ...
CONULARIID TAPHONOMY AS A TOOL IN PALEOENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSISTAFONOMIA DE CONULÁRIOS COMO UM CRITÉRIO EM ANÁLISE PALEOAMBIENTAL
(Sociedade Brasileira de Geologia, 2017)
Taphonomy and the role of pumas (Puma concolor) in the formation of the archaeological record
(Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, 2018-02)
Puma transport of prey remains to dens located in overhangs, rockshelters or caves lead to conditions of potential mixing with archaeofaunas. The evidence for puma use of places which before or after were also selected by ...