Abstract Sparassodontsin South America and hyaenodonts in Africa present an interesting
test case for comparing the evolutionary trajectories of ecologically similar clades on once …

This study investigates whether terrestrial mammalian carnivore guilds of ancient South
America, which developed in relative isolation, were similar to those of other continents. We …

The process by which successive groups using the same resources occupy the same
geographic area through time is frequently attributed to competition. Several authors have …

South America was isolated from other continents during most of the Cenozoic, developing a
singular mammalian fauna. In contrast to North America, Europe, Asia, and Africa, up to the …

The Sparassodonta was a clade of mammalian predators that evolved in South America
from the early Paleocene (? Tiupampan–Peligran) or early Eocene (Itaboraian) to the early …

It was once thought that the endemic carnivorous mammals of South America, the
metatherian sparassodonts, were driven extinct by North American carnivorans through …

This book summarizes the evolution of carnivorous mammals in the Cenozoic of South
America. It presents paleontological information on the two main mammalian carnivorous …

The earliest Carnivora are known from two families, the Miacidae, which retain M3/m3 and
occur first in latest Paleocene (Clarkforkian) rocks, and the Viverravidae, which have lost …

Chapter 1. An ecomorphological study of extant small extant carnivorans demonstrates that
dietary groups can be distinguished using quantitative morphological characters. Small (< …

Abstract The rise of Carnivora (Mammalia: Laurasiatheria) is an important evolutionary event
that changed the structure of terrestrial ecosystems, starting at the dawn of the Eocene, 56 …