Disproportionate extinction of South American mammals drove the asymmetry of the Great American Biotic Interchange
The interchange between the previously disconnected faunas of North and South America
was a massive experiment in biological invasion. A major gap in our understanding of this …
was a massive experiment in biological invasion. A major gap in our understanding of this …
The multicausal twilight of South American native mammalian predators (Metatheria, Sparassodonta)
Sparassodonts were the apex mammalian predators of South America throughout most of
the Cenozoic, diversifying into a wide array of niches including fox-like and even saber …
the Cenozoic, diversifying into a wide array of niches including fox-like and even saber …
On the supposed presence of miocene tayassuidae and dromomerycinae (Mammalia, Cetartiodactyla) in South America
The earliest record of North American mammals in South America is significant for
constraining the timing of intercontinental faunal interchange. At present, the oldest securely …
constraining the timing of intercontinental faunal interchange. At present, the oldest securely …
Regional landscape change triggered by Andean uplift: The extinction of Sparassodonta (Mammalia, Metatheria) in South America
K Pino, P Vallejos-Garrido, N Espinoza-Aravena… - Global and Planetary …, 2022 - Elsevier
Sparassodonta, a Metatherian monophyletic group, was the main mammalian carnivore
predator clade in South America from the Paleogene to the Early Pliocene (c. 66–3.5 Ma) …
predator clade in South America from the Paleogene to the Early Pliocene (c. 66–3.5 Ma) …
Comparing the evolution of the extinct, endemic carnivorous mammals of South America and Africa (sparassodonts and hyaenodonts)
AR Friscia, MR Borths, DA Croft - … of Cenozoic Land Mammal Faunas and …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Sparassodontsin South America and hyaenodonts in Africa present an interesting
test case for comparing the evolutionary trajectories of ecologically similar clades on once …
test case for comparing the evolutionary trajectories of ecologically similar clades on once …
A seventh carnivorous metatherian taxon (Sparassodonta) from the late Miocene-early Pliocene Santa María group of Catamarca Province, Argentina
RK Engelman, DA Croft - Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The late Cenozoic (late Miocene-Pliocene) rocks of Catamarca Province, Argentina
have produced one of the most diverse records of late Cenozoic carnivorous metatherians in …
have produced one of the most diverse records of late Cenozoic carnivorous metatherians in …
[PDF][PDF] Procyonidae (Mammalia, Carnivora) and the Great American Biotic Interchange
JA Baskin, A VALENCIANO - 2023 - academia.edu
Members of the family Procyonidae were the first placental carnivorans to migrate from North
America to South America, during the first part of the Great American Biotic Interchange …
America to South America, during the first part of the Great American Biotic Interchange …