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New late Oligocene caviomorph rodents from Mendoza Province, central-western Argentina
(Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2021-05)
Late Oligocene caviomorphs represent one of the most important early adaptive radiations of this group of rodents. They show a high taxonomic diversity and a wide geographic distribution, with those found in the upper ...
Placentation and embryo death in the plains viscacha (Lagostomus maximus)
(Elsevier, 2021-05)
Caviomorpha are an exceptional group among rodents due to their extended gestational period and the delivery of precocial offspring. Among them, Lagostomus maximus is characterized by its polyovulation, polyembryony, and ...
Rodent consumption by hunter-gatherers in north Patagonian Andean forests (Argentina): Insights from the small vertebrate taphonomic analysis of two late Holocene archaeological sites
(Elsevier, 2017-02)
Modern taphonomic studies carried out upon small rodent assemblages from arid Patagonia demonstrates rodent consumption in several late Holocene archaeological sites. Conversely, very little is known about the exploitation ...
New fossil remains of Quaternary capybaras (Rodentia: Caviomorpha: Caviidae) from the intertropical region of Brazil: morphology and taxonomy
(Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 2019)
Selective binocular vision loss in two subterranean caviomorph rodents: spalacopus cyanus and ctenomys talarum
(2017)
To what extent can the mammalian visual system be shaped by visual behavior? Here we analyze the shape of the visual fields, the densities and distribution of cells in the retinal ganglion-cell layer and the organization ...
Reappraisal of the giant caviomorph rodent Phoberomys burmeisteri (Ameghino, 1886) from the late Miocene of northeastern Argentina, and the phylogeny and diversity of Neoepiblemidae
(Taylor & Francis, 2018-05)
Phoberomys is a giant caviomorph rodent included in the extinct Neoepiblemidae. It is recorded in the late Miocene-Pliocene of South America (Argentina, Venezuela, Brazil and Peru), and is one of the largest rodents that ...