The mammalian cranium (skull without lower jaw) is representative of mammalian diversity
and is thus of particular interest to mammalian biologists across disciplines. One widely …

Among amniotes, numerous lineages are subject to an evolutionary trend toward body mass
and size increases. Large terrestrial species may face important constraints linked to weight …

Three orders of South American extinct native ungulates are recorded from the Santa Cruz
Formation along the Atlantic coast of Patagonia: Notoungulata (Adinotherium Ameghino …

Fishtail projectile points are the earliest widespread projectile type in South America, and
share chronology and techno-morphology with Clovis, the oldest North American projectile …

Background Body mass estimation is of paramount importance for paleobiological studies,
as body size influences numerous other biological parameters. In mammals, body mass has …

ABSTRACT The Huayquerías Formation (Late Miocene, Huayquerian SALMA) is broadly
exposed in west-central Argentina (Mendoza). The target of several major paleontological …

Hairy armadillos constitute an ecologically homogeneous and morphologically similar group
with currently 5 species classified in the subfamily Euphractinae. Among them, the Andean …

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 …

The emergence of pastoralism and animal husbandry has been a critical point in the history
of human evolution. Beyond profound behavioural changes in domesticated animals …

We describe two new macraucheniid litopterns from the late middle Miocene (ca. 13 Ma)
Quebrada Honda Fauna of southern Bolivia. The holotype of 'Theosodon'arozquetai, sp …