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Biases with the generalized euclidean distance measure in disparity analyses with high levels of missing data
(Wiley Blackwell Publishing, Inc, 2019-05)
The Generalized Euclidean Distance (GED) measure has been extensively used to conduct morphological disparity analyses based on palaeontological matrices of discrete characters. This is in part because some implementations ...
Recent brachiopods from the southern Brazilian shelf: Palaeontological and biogeographical implications
(Blackwell Publishing, 2014)
Recent brachiopods from the southern Brazilian shelf: Palaeontological and biogeographical implications
(Blackwell Publishing, 2004-05-01)
Until recently, the rhynchonelliform (articulated) brachiopod fauna from the Brazilian continental shelf (western South Atlantic) was represented only by the endemic species Bouchardia rosea (Mawe), reported from coastal ...
Taphonomy of small mammal bone accumulations generated by the Chaco owl (Strix chacoensis, Strigiformes) from the Monte Desert (Mendoza, Argentina): a contribution to South American archaeological and palaeontological studies
(Wiley Blackwell Publishing, Inc, 2018-07)
The present study analyses the taphonomic features of recent small mammal bone and teeth accumulations recovered from pellets generated by Strix chacoensis in a Natural Protected Area in the central Monte Desert of Mendoza, ...
In the stomach of Geranoaetus melanoleucus (Accipitriformes): Taphonomy of small mammal bone remains and implications for South American archaeological and palaeontological studies
(Elsevier, 2019-08)
Geranoaetus melanoleucus (Accipitriformes) is one of the main accumulating agents of South American small mammal bone and tooth assemblages recovered from archaeological and palaeontological sites. The present study analyses ...
Eocene primates of South America and the African origins of New World monkeys
(Nature Publishing Group, 2015-04)
The platyrrhine primates, or New World monkeys, are immigrant mammals whose fossil record comes from Tertiary and Quaternary sediments of South America and the Caribbean Greater Antilles. The time and place of platyrrhine ...
Comparison of lacustrine successions and their palaeohydrological implications in two sub-basins of the Triassic Cuyana rift, Argentina
(Wiley Blackwell Publishing, Inc, 2015-12)
Continental carbonates are rich in palaeoclimatic, palaeoenvironmental and palaeontological information. While carbonate accumulation mechanisms have been described for many types of continental environments, especially ...
Incorporating phylogenetic uncertainty on phylogeny-based palaeontological dating and the timing of turtle diversification
(Wiley, 2012-09-10)
Methods improving the performance of molecular dating of divergence time of clades have improved dramatically in recent years. The calibration of molecular dating using the first appearance of a clade in the fossil record ...
Systematic palaeontology and taphonomic significance of the mollusc fauna from the Mata Amarilla Formation (lower Upper Cretaceous), southern Patagonia, Argentina
(Academic Press Ltd - Elsevier Science Ltd, 2012-10)
Thirteen mollusc taxa are described from the Mata Amarilla Formation, a lower Upper Cretaceous unit exposed in southern Patagonia, Argentina. Of these, one is a new bivalve species, . Pterotrigonia flava sp. nov. The fauna ...
The most representative vertebrate fossil record and palaeontological heritage from the western PyreneesEl registro fósil de vertebrados y patrimonio paleontológico más representativo de los pirineos occidentales
(Sociedad Española de Paleontología, 2019-07)
Los Pirineos occidentales son un territorio con una notable diversidad geológica y un importante registro fósil, que constituye un gran archivo de paleobiodiversidad. En lo que respecta al registro fósil de vertebrados, ...