A window into a late Pleistocene megafauna community: Stable isotopes show niche partitioning among herbivorous taxa at the Arroyo del Vizcaíno site (Uruguay)

L Varela, L Clavijo, PS Tambusso, RA Fariña - Quaternary Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
The analysis of stable isotopes on fossil mammals has become a widely used tool for
understanding the paleoecology and paleodiet of these organisms. In this work, we study …

[图书][B] Mammal teeth: origin, evolution, and diversity

PS Ungar - 2010 - books.google.com
Winner, 2010 PROSE Award for Excellence in the Biological Sciences. Professional and
Scholarly Publishing division of the Association of American Publishers In this unique book …

Isotopic paleoecology (δ13C, δ18O) of late quaternary megafauna from Mato Grosso do Sul and Bahia states, Brazil

TR Pansani, FP Muniz, A Cherkinsky… - Quaternary Science …, 2019 - Elsevier
In the present study, the paleoecology (diet and niche width) of Late Quaternary
megamammals that inhabited the Brazilian Intertropical Region (BIR) was assessed at two …

[图书][B] Megafauna: giant beasts of pleistocene South America

RA Fariña, SF Vizcaíno, G De Iuliis - 2013 - books.google.com
“An enjoyable read that provides a substantial amount of detail on the biology, ecology, and
distribution of these fantastic animals... Highly recommended.”—Choice More than 10,000 …

Functional traits of the world's late Quaternary large-bodied avian and mammalian herbivores

EJ Lundgren, SD Schowanek, J Rowan, O Middleton… - Scientific data, 2021 - nature.com
Prehistoric and recent extinctions of large-bodied terrestrial herbivores had significant and
lasting impacts on Earth's ecosystems due to the loss of their distinct trait combinations. The …

The teeth of the “toothless”: novelties and key innovations in the evolution of xenarthrans (Mammalia, Xenarthra)

SF Vizcaíno - Paleobiology, 2009 - cambridge.org
A combination of historical, functional, and biomechanical constraints has shaped the
masticatory apparatus of fossil and extant xenarthrans. Among the more notable features are …

On the evolution of large size in mammalian herbivores of Cenozoic faunas of southern South America

SF Vizcaíno, GH Cassini, N Toledo… - Bones, clones and …, 2012 - books.google.com
One of the major features of the continental Cenozoic faunas of South America is the
presence of native lineages of herbivorous mammals, and among them the largest …

Xenarthrans of the collection of Santiago Roth from the Pampean Region of Argentina (Pleistocene), in Zurich, Switzerland

K Le Verger - Swiss Journal of Palaeontology, 2023 - Springer
The present work concerns xenarthrans from the collection of Santiago (Kaspar Jakob) Roth
(1850–1924) housed at the Palaeontological Institute and Museum of the University of …

Gregariousness in the giant sloth Lestodon (Xenarthra): multi-proxy approach of a bonebed from the Last Maximum Glacial of Argentine Pampas

RL Tomassini, CI Montalvo, MC Garrone, L Domingo… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Megamammals constituted an important component in the Pleistocene faunal communities
of South America. Paleobiological and paleoecological studies involving different …

Isotopic insight on paleodiet of extinct Pleistocene megafaunal Xenarthrans from Argentina

H Bocherens, M Cotte, RA Bonini, P Straccia… - Gondwana …, 2017 - Elsevier
The diet of extinct giant Xenarthrans is a debated topic, especially for ground sloths, for
which herbivory, insectivory, and carnivory through scavenging or active hunting have been …