New Observations on the Skull of Pyrotherium (Pyrotheria, Mammalia) and New Phylogenetic Hypotheses on South American Ungulates

G Billet - Journal of Mammalian Evolution, 2010 - Springer
Abstract The Cenozoic South American endemic pyrotheres, mostly characterized by a
bilophodont dentition, are one of the most mysterious ungulates ever known. Even though …

Afrotherian affinities for endemic South American “ungulates”

FL Agnolin, NR Chimento - Mammalian Biology, 2011 - Elsevier
The phylogenetic relationships of endemic South American ungulates are a highly debated
topic. Among them, the most well-known clades are the Notoungulata and the Astrapotheria …

A new pre-Deseadan pyrothere (Mammalia) from northern Peru and the wear facets of molariform teeth of Pyrotheria

R Salas, J Sánchez, C Chacaltana - Journal of Vertebrate …, 2006 - Taylor & Francis
Baguatherium jaureguii gen. et sp. nov. from the early Oligocene of northern Peru is the best
known pre-Deseadan pyrothere. It has a relatively wider palate and less oblique lophs on …

Phylogeny of the Notoungulata (Mammalia) based on cranial and dental characters

G Billet - Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
The Notoungulata is the richest order of South American endemic placentals, but
phylogenetic relationships within this order are unclear. This work provides short …

EUTHERIAN MAMMAL SYSTEMATICS AND THE ORIGINS OFSOUTH AMERICAN UNGULATES AS BASED ON POSTCRANIAL OSTEOLOGY

I HOROVITZ - Bulletin of Carnegie Museum of Natural History, 2004 - BioOne
At least seven groups of ungulates occurred in South America during the Tertiary: Litopterna,
Notoungulata, Astrapotheria, Xenungulata, Pyrotheria, Didolodontidae, and kollpaniine …

Cranial morphology and phylogenetic relationships of Trigonostylops wortmani, an Eocene South American native ungulate

RDE MacPhee, SH Del Pino, A Kramarz… - Bulletin of the American …, 2021 - BioOne
ABSTRACT In 1933 George G. Simpson described a remarkably complete skull of
Trigonostylops, an Eocene South American native ungulate (SANU) whose relationships …

A primitive pyrothere (Mammalia, Notoungulata) from the early Tertiary of northwestern Venezuela

B Patterson - Publication (Field Museum of Natural History), 1249, 1977 - agris.fao.org
Proticia venezuelensis ng and sp., based on a partial mandible from rocks attributed to the
Trujillo Formation, Paleocene to early Eocene, exposed on the southern flank of the Sierra …

A unique, Late Oligocene shrew-like marsupial from western Argentina and the evolution of dental morphology

AM Forasiepi, FJ Goin, MA Abello… - Journal of Systematic …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
We describe a new metatherian mammal, Fieratherium sorex gen. et sp. nov., found in
western Argentina (Quebrada Fiera locality, southern Mendoza Province), in Late Oligocene …

The fossil record of phoberomys pattersoni Mones 1980 (Mammalia, Rodentia) from Urumaco (Late Miocene, Venezuela), with an analysis of its phylogenetic …

I Horovitz, MR Sánchez‐Villagra, T Martin… - Journal of Systematic …, 2006 - Taylor & Francis
An almost complete skeleton of Phoberomys pattersoni is reported from the Urumaco
Formation in northwestern Venezuela. Phoberomys attained the largest body size among …

[HTML][HTML] Species taxonomy, phylogeny, and biogeography of the Brontotheriidae (Mammalia: Perissodactyla)

MC Mihlbachler - Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 2008 - BioOne
The Brontotheriidae is an extinct family of Eocene perissodactyls known from North America,
Asia, and, rarely, Eastern Europe. Brontotheres are widely recognized as having evolved …