Splendid innovation: the extinct South American native ungulates

DA Croft, JN Gelfo, GM López - Annual Review of Earth and …, 2020 - annualreviews.org
A remarkable diversity of plant-eating mammals known as South American native ungulates
(SANUs) flourished in South America for most of the Cenozoic. Although some of these …

The accuracy and precision of body mass estimation in non‐avian dinosaurs

NE Campione, DC Evans - Biological Reviews, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Inferring the body mass of fossil taxa, such as non‐avian dinosaurs, provides a powerful tool
for interpreting physiological and ecological properties, as well as the ability to study these …

[HTML][HTML] Seed dispersal anachronisms: rethinking the fruits extinct megafauna ate

PR Guimarães Jr, M Galetti, P Jordano - PloS one, 2008 - journals.plos.org
Background Some neotropical, fleshy-fruited plants have fruits structurally similar to
paleotropical fruits dispersed by megafauna (mammals> 103 kg), yet these dispersers were …

Shoulder height, body mass, and shape of proboscideans

A Larramendi - Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 2015 - BioOne
In recent decades there has been a growing interest in proboscideans' body size, given that
mass is highly correlated with biological functions. Different allometric equations have been …

Ancient collagen reveals evolutionary history of the endemic South American 'ungulates'

M Buckley - Proceedings of the Royal Society B …, 2015 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Since the late eighteenth century, fossils of bizarre extinct creatures have been described
from the Americas, revealing a previously unimagined chapter in the history of mammals …

Combination of humans, climate, and vegetation change triggered Late Quaternary megafauna extinction in the Última Esperanza region, southern Patagonia, Chile

NA Villavicencio, EL Lindsey, FM Martin… - …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
South America lost around 52 genera of mammals during a worldwide event known as the
Late Quaternary Extinction episode. More than 80% of South American mammals weighing> …

[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 …

Characterizing complex craniodental patterns related to feeding behaviour in ungulates: a multivariate approach

M Mendoza, CM Janis, P Palmqvist - Journal of Zoology, 2002 - cambridge.org
This work examines whether stepwise discriminant function analysis of a suite of
craniodental variables enables feeding behaviour and habitat preferences to be identified in …

[图书][B] Horse nations: the worldwide impact of the horse on indigenous societies post-1492

P Mitchell - 2015 - books.google.com
The Native American on a horse is an archetypal Hollywood image, but though such
equestrian-focused societies were a relatively short-lived consequence of European …

[HTML][HTML] The Arrival of Homo sapiens into the Southern Cone at 14,000 Years Ago

GG Politis, MA Gutiérrez, DJ Rafuse, A Blasi - PLoS One, 2016 - journals.plos.org
The Arroyo Seco 2 site contains a rich archaeological record, exceptional for South America,
to explain the expansion of Homo sapiens into the Americas and their interaction with extinct …