[HTML][HTML] More than 100 years of a mistake: on the anatomy of the atlas of the enigmatic Macrauchenia patachonica

HP Püschel, AG Martinelli - Swiss Journal of Palaeontology, 2023 - Springer
Ever since the discovery of the first remains of Macrauchenia patachonica by Charles
Darwin in 1834, this taxon has puzzled researchers with its peculiar anatomy. Being the best …

[HTML][HTML] Anatomy and phylogeny of a new small macraucheniid (Mammalia: Litopterna) from the Bahía Inglesa Formation (late Miocene), Atacama Region, Northern …

HP Püschel, J Alarcón-Muñoz, S Soto-Acuña… - Journal of Mammalian …, 2023 - Springer
We describe a new macraucheniine macraucheniid, Micrauchenia saladensis gen. et sp.
nov., from the late Miocene (Huayquerian SALMA). This is the first litoptern from Bahía …

Longer mandible or nose? Co-evolution of feeding organs in early elephantiforms

C Li, T Deng, Y Wang, F Sun, B Wolff, Q Jiangzuo, J Ma… - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
The long-trunked elephantids underwent a significant evolutionary stage characterized by
an exceptionally elongated mandible. The initial elongation and subsequent regression of …