Form and function within a phylogenetic framework: locomotory habits of extant predators and some Miocene Sparassodonta (Metatheria)

MD Ercoli, FJ Prevosti, A Alvarez - Zoological Journal of the …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
In this study, we analysed locomotory habits in extant predators and Sparassodonta species
through geometric morphometric techniques and discriminant analyses of the distal …

Mean body size estimation in large mammals and the computation of biomass in past ecosystems: An application to the Pleistocene sites of Orce and Sierra de …

G Rodríguez Gomez, P Palmqvist, B Martínez Navarro… - 2022 - docta.ucm.es
Estimation de la taille moyenne des grands mammifères et calcul de la biomasse dans les
écosystèmes du passé: une application aux sites pléistocènes de l'Orce et de la Sierra de …

Modeling trophic resource availability for the first human settlers of Europe: the case of Atapuerca TD6

G Rodríguez-Gómez, J Rodríguez… - Journal of Human …, 2013 - Elsevier
Food resource availability strongly influences the survival opportunities of all organisms. The
effect of animal food resource availability on the survival and dispersal of hominin …

Muscular Reconstruction and Functional Morphology of the Forelimb of Early Miocene Sloths (Xenarthra, Folivora) of Patagonia

N Toledo, MS Bargo, SF Vizcaíno - The Anatomical Record, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Early Miocene sloths are represented by a diversity of forms ranging from 38 to 95 kg, being
registered mainly from Santacrucian Age deposits in southern‐most shores of Patagonia …

Paleobiology and paleoecology of ungulates from the Miocene of South America based on an ichnological analysis

RB Vera, V Krapovickas - Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology …, 2022 - Elsevier
We analyze fossil footprints and trackways from the middle to late Miocene Vinchina
Formation of La Rioja Province, northwestern Argentina. Ichnofossils are preserved in …

The glyptodont Eleutherocercus solidus from the late Neogene of north-western Argentina: Morphology, chronology, and phylogeny

A Núñez Blasco, AE Zurita, ÁR Miño Boilini, RA Bonini… - 2021 - ri.conicet.gov.ar
Glyptodonts (Mammalia, Xenarthra, Glyptodontidae) represent a diversified radiation of
large armored herbivores, mainly related to open biomes in South America, with an …

Insights on the controls on floodplain-dominated fluvial successions: a perspective from the Early–Middle Miocene Santa Cruz Formation in Río Chalía (Patagonia …

JI Cuitiño, M Sol Raigemborn… - Journal of the …, 2021 - lyellcollection.org
The Santa Cruz Formation (SCF) in Río Chalía (Austral Basin, Patagonia, Argentina) is a
well-exposed fluvial succession with abundant and diverse fossil vertebrates accumulated …

Middle Miocene vertebrates from the Amazonian Madre de Dios subandean zone, Peru

PO Antoine, M Roddaz, S Brichau… - Journal of South …, 2013 - Elsevier
A new middle Miocene vertebrate fauna from Peruvian Amazonia is described. It yields the
marsupials Sipalocyon sp.(Hathliacynidae) and Marmosa (Micoureus) cf. laventica …

Muscular reconstruction and functional morphology of the hind limb of santacrucian (E arly M iocene) sloths (X enarthra, F olivora) of P atagonia

N Toledo, MS Bargo, SF Vizcaíno - The Anatomical Record, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
This article presents a morphofunctional analysis of the hind limb of Santacrucian (Early
Miocene) sloths from southernmost Patagonia (Argentina). These fossil sloths were mid …

Patagonian aridification at the onset of the mid‐miocene climatic optimum

RB Trayler, MJ Kohn, MS Bargo… - Paleoceanography …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Fossil‐rich sediments of the Santa Cruz Formation, Patagonia, Argentina, span the initiation
of the Miocene Climatic Optimum (MCO), the most recent period of warm and wet conditions …