The south American gomphotheres (Mammalia, Proboscidea, Gomphotheriidae): taxonomy, phylogeny, and biogeography

D Mothé, LS Avilla, MA Cozzuol - Journal of Mammalian Evolution, 2013 - Springer
The taxonomic history of South American Gomphotheriidae is very complex and
controversial. Three species are currently recognized: Amahuacatherium peruvium …

A review of the time scale and potential geographic distribution of Notiomastodon platensis (Ameghino, 1888) in the late Pleistocene of South America

MAT Dantas, MCT Xavier, L de Melo França… - Quaternary …, 2013 - Elsevier
The objectives of the present study were to (1) provide new dates of Notiomastodon
platensis (Ameghino, 1888) fossils from the Brazilian Intertropical Region, derived from …

Neotectonic basin and landscape evolution in the Eastern Cordillera of NW Argentina, Humahuaca Basin (~ 24 S)

H Pingel, MR Strecker, RN Alonso, AK Schmitt - Basin Research, 2013 - earthdoc.org
Abstract The intermontane Quebrada de Humahuaca Basin (Humahuaca Basin) in the
Eastern Cordillera of the southern Central Andes of NW Argentina (23°–24° S) records the …

Phylogeny and evolutionary patterns of South American octodontoid rodents

DH Verzi, AI Olivares, CC Morgan - Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 2013 - BioOne
Octodontoidea is the most diverse clade of hystricognath rodents, and is richly recorded in
South America since at least the Oligocene. A parsimony-based morphological phylogenetic …

[HTML][HTML] The palaeobiogeography of South American gomphotheres

SG Lucas, W Yuan, L Min - Journal of Palaeogeography, 2013 - Elsevier
Abstract Gomphotheriid proboscideans reached South America as Late Cenozoic
immigrants from North America. However, disagreements over alpha taxonomy, age dating …

Capybaras (Rodentia, Hydrochoeridae, Hydrochoerinae) and their bearing in the calibration of the late Miocene–Pliocene sequences of South America

CM Deschamps, MG Vucetich, CI Montalvo… - Journal of South …, 2013 - Elsevier
Fossil capybaras were long regarded as composed of numerous taxa, each one endemic to
a particular area, a scenario completely different from the one shown by the living species …

Records and stratigraphical ranges of South American Tayassuidae (Mammalia, Artiodactyla)

GM Gasparini - Journal of Mammalian Evolution, 2013 - Springer
Tayassuidae represent one of the first mammalian immigrants that entered South America
during the “Great American Biotic Interchange.” However, the exact moment of its arrival for …

[PDF][PDF] Filogenia e evolução de ouriços-cacheiros (Rodentia: Erethizontidae)

VC Junior - Vitoria (ES): Universidade Federal do Espirito Santo, 2013 - core.ac.uk
Os roedores da família Erethizontidae compreendem animais conhecidos como
ouriçoscacheiros ou porcos-espinhos do Novo Mundo. De acordo com Voss (2011), os …

Neotectonic basin and landscape evolution in the Eastern Cordillera of NW Argentina, Humahuaca Basin (~ 24° S)

P Heiko, MRK Strecker, RN Alonso, A Schmitt - 2013 - ri.conicet.gov.ar
The intermontane Quebrada de Humahuaca Basin (Humahuaca Basin) in the Eastern
Cordillera of the southern Central Andes of NW Argentina (23°-24° S) records the evolution …