Paleogene land mammal faunas of South America; a response to global climatic changes and indigenous floral diversity

MO Woodburne, FJ Goin, M Bond, AA Carlini… - Journal of mammalian …, 2014 - Springer
An appraisal of Paleogene floral and land mammal faunal dynamics in South America
suggests that both biotic elements responded at rate and extent generally comparable to …

Final Gondwana breakup: the Paleogene South American native ungulates and the demise of the South America–Antarctica land connection

MA Reguero, JN Gelfo, GM López, M Bond… - Global and Planetary …, 2014 - Elsevier
The biogeographic hypothesis more accepted today is that Antarctica (West Antarctica) and
southern South America (Magellan region, Patagonia) were connected by a long and …

Beyond extinction: Uncovering morphological aspects of the last typotherid population (Mesotherium cristatum) and the unexpected body mass decrease

M Fernández-Monescillo, AA Tauber - Quaternary Science Reviews, 2024 - Elsevier
We present a detailed analysis of the craniomandibular and dental remains of Mesotherium
cristatum, the quaternary mesotheriid typotherid notoungulate, from Corralito, Santa María …

How to weigh a fossil mammal? South American notoungulates as a case study for estimating body mass in extinct clades

A Nelson, RK Engelman, DA Croft - Journal of Mammalian Evolution, 2023 - Springer
Body mass (BM) is a fundamental variable for many paleobiological investigations that is
challenging to accurately infer for species that lack living representatives and/or close …

Systematic Revision of Interatherium and Icochilus (Interatheriidae, Notoungulata) from the Santa Cruz Formation (Early To Middle Miocene), Santa Cruz Province …

M Fernández, JC Fernicola, E Cerdeño - Ameghiniana, 2023 - BioOne
Interatheriidae (late Paleocene–Late Miocene) is one of the most morphologically derived
families within Order Notoungulata and the most taxonomic diverse and abundant clade of …

Diverse evidence for grasslands since the Eocene in Patagonia

E Bellosi, JF Genise, A Zucol, M Bond… - Journal of South …, 2021 - Elsevier
Timing and ecological steps of the rise and expansion of grasslands differ not only
geographically but also according to the type of available information. Patagonia (Argentina) …

Taxonomic history and intraspecific analysis of Mesotherium cristatum (Mammalia, Notoungulata, Mesotheriidae) from the Early-Middle Pleistocene of Buenos Aires …

M Fernández-Monescillo, DA Croft, F Pujos… - Historical …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
We report systematic conclusions based on critical analyses of previous taxon diagnoses
and systematic revisions of the Early-Middle Pleistocene mesotheriine notoungulate …

Comparative endocranial anatomy, encephalization, and phylogeny of Notoungulata (Placentalia, Mammalia)

FA Perini, TE Macrini, JJ Flynn, K Bamba, X Ni… - Journal of Mammalian …, 2022 - Springer
Cranial endocasts are one of the most direct tools available to obtain information about the
endocranial cavity of fossil mammals, but few anatomical comparisons have analyzed …

Systematic revision of Hegetotherium and Pachyrukhos (Hegetotheriidae, Notoungulata) and a new phylogenetic analysis of Hegetotheriidae

FD Seoane, E Cerdeño - Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Hegetotheriidae is one of the most derived families of South American notoungulates, which
are known from the late Oligocene to Pliocene. Several genera of hegetotheriids have been …

Phylogenetic revision of the South American notopithecines (Mammalia: Notoungulata)

B Vera - Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
A phylogenetic analysis of all Eocene taxa assigned to Notopithecinae has been conducted,
evaluating relationships amongst notopithecines, basal interatheriids and Interatheriinae …