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A tale of two clades: Comparative study of Glyptodon Owen and Glyptotherium Osborn (Xenarthra, Cingulata, Glyptodontidae)
(Elsevier France-editions Scientifiques Medicales Elsevier, 2018-06)
Glyptodon and Glyptotherium represent the most conspicuous taxa of late Neogene and Pleistocene glyptodonts in South America and North America, respectively. The earliest records of Glyptodon in South America are 1.07 Ma ...
Yucatán carnivorans shed light on the great American biotic interchange
(The Royal Society, 2019-05-01)
The Great American Biotic Interchange is considered to be a punctuated process, primarily occurring during four major pulses that began approximately 2.5 Ma. Central America and southeastern Mexico have a poor fossil record ...
The first capybaras (Rodentia, Caviidae, Hydrochoerinae) involved in the Great American Biotic InterchangeLos carpinchos (Rodentia, Caviidae, Hydrochoerinae) y el gran intercambio biótico americano
(Asociación Paleontológica Argentina, 2015-02)
The new combination Phugatherium dichroplax nov. comb. (Ahearn and Lance) is proposed for the North American species “Neochoerus” dichroplax Ahearn and Lance, and “N.” cordobai Carranza-Castañeda and Miller. Its age range ...
Vertebrate Paleontology in Central America: 30 years of progressPaleontología de vertebrados en América Central: 30 años de progreso
(Universidad de Costa Rica, 2014)
A New Pliocene Capybara (Rodentia, Caviidae) from Northern South America (Guajira, Colombia), and its Implications for the Great American Biotic Interchange
(Springer, 2016-10)
One of the most striking components of the modern assemblage of South American mammals is the semiaquatic capybara (Caviidae, Hydrochoerinae), the biggest rodent in the world. The large hydrochoerines are recorded from the ...
Carnivorans at the Great American Biotic Interchange: new discoveries from the northern neotropics
(Springer Heidelberg, 2014-09)
We report two fossil procyonids, Cyonasua sp. and Chapalmalania sp., from the late Pliocene of Venezuela (Vergel Member, San Gregorio Formation) and Colombia (Ware Formation), respectively. The occurrence of these pre-Holocene ...
Dating an impressive Neotropical radiation: Molecular time estimates for the Sigmodontinae (Rodentia) provide insights into its historical biogeography
(Elsevier, 2013-01)
With about 400 living species and 82 genera, rodents of the subfamily Sigmodontinae comprise one of the most diverse and more broadly distributed Neotropical mammalian clades. There has been much debate on the origin of ...
Nothrotheriops sp. (Mammalia, Xenarthra) from the Late Pleistocene of Argentina: implications for the dispersion of ground sloths during the Great American Biotic Interchange
(Wiley Blackwell Publishing, Inc, 2019-10)
The aim of this contribution is to describe a femur (MCRS 199) assigned to Nothrotheriops sp. from the Late Pleistocene of Santa Fe Province (Argentina), and discuss the implications of this find in the context of the ...