About the diversity of Dasypodidae (Xenarthra, Cingulata) along the Late Miocene of northwestern Argentina: The case of the Salicas Formation

D Barasoain, LRG Ruiz, D Brandoni - Journal of South American Earth …, 2022 - Elsevier
The deposits of the Neogene Salicas Formation crop out along the north area and western
flanks of the Velasco range, in the northern area of La Rioja Province, Argentina. Previous …

The Late Miocene mammals from the Humahuaca Basin (northwestern Argentina) provide new evidence on the initial stages of the Great American Biotic Interchange

AM Candela, MA Abello, MA Reguero… - Papers in …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract We describe new Late Miocene mammalian specimens from the Maimará
Formation (Late Miocene to Early Pliocene) exposed at Humahuaca Basin (23°–24° S) …

Development of an incipient Paleogene topography between the present‐day Eastern Andean Plateau (Puna) and the Eastern Cordillera, southern Central Andes …

C Montero‐López, F Hongn, RLL Steinmetz… - Basin …, 2021 - earthdoc.org
The structural and topographic evolution of orogenic plateaus is an important research topic
because of its impact on atmospheric circulation patterns, the amount and distribution of …

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 …

Pliocene pre-GABI herbivorous mammals from espinar, Peruvian andean plateau

R Salas-Gismondi, D Ochoa, J Gamarra… - Journal of Vertebrate …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Pliocene South American mammals prior to the Great American Biotic
Interchange comprise the evolutionary pinnacle of a long-lasting process of continental …

Late Miocene–Early Pliocene mammals from the Tupungato–Piedras Coloradas Anticlines, Mendoza, Argentina

E Cerdeño, CI Montalvo, SH Del Pino, J Suriano… - Journal of South …, 2023 - Elsevier
New research in the petroliferous area of Tupungato, Mendoza Province, central-western
Argentina, has revealed a much richer fossil assemblage than previously known for this …

A new mammalian assemblage for Guanaco Formation (northwestern Argentina), and the description of a new genus of New World porcupine

MD Ercoli, A Alvarez, DH Verzi, JPV Ulberich… - Journal of South …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Guanaco Formation (Orán Group) is one of the Neogene units outcropping in
the Subandean region of northwestern Argentina. The fossil assemblage from the middle …

New well-preserved materials of Glossotherium chapadmalense (Xenarthra, Mylodontidae) from the Pliocene of Argentina shed light on the origin and evolution of …

A Boscaini, N Toledo, LM Pérez… - Journal of Vertebrate …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Fossil remains of extinct mylodontine sloths have been discovered in numerous localities
throughout the American supercontinent, but knowledge of them is still mainly centered on …

The dermal armor of mylodontid sloths (Mammalia, Xenarthra) from Cueva del Milodon (ultima Esperanza, Chile)

N Toledo, A Boscaini, LM Pérez - Journal of Morphology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Dermal ossifications (osteoderms, dermal ossicles, osteoscutes) appear independently in
various tetrapod lineages. In mammals, however, dermal ossifications are only present in …

Postcranial anatomy of the extinct terrestrial sloth Simomylodon uccasamamensis (Xenarthra, Mylodontidae) from the Pliocene of the Bolivian Altiplano, and its …

A Boscaini, N Toledo, B Mamani Quispe… - Papers in …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Extinct terrestrial sloths are common elements of the late Cenozoic South American fossil
record. Among them, Mylodontinae species were particularly abundant in the Americas …