Fantastic beasts and what they ate: Revealing feeding habits and ecological niche of late Quaternary Macraucheniidae from South America

K de Oliveira, T Araújo, A Rotti, D Mothé… - Quaternary Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
The extinction of the Quaternary megafauna stands out among the evolutionary history of
Cenozoic mammals. In South America, nearly 80% of the megamammals went extinct …

[HTML][HTML] The neogene savannas of north America: A retrospective analysis on artiodactyl faunas

NM Morales-García, LK Säilä, CM Janis - Frontiers in Earth Science, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Savanna-like ecosystems were present at high latitudes in North America during much of the
Neogene. Present-day African savannas, like the Serengeti, have been proposed to be …

New proterotheriids from the middle Miocene of Quebrada Honda, Bolivia, and body size and diversity trends in proterotheriid and macraucheniid litopterns …

AJ Mcgrath, F Anaya, DA Croft - Ameghiniana, 2020 - BioOne
In this work, we describe two new species of proterotheriid litopterns, Olisanophus
riorosarioensis gen. et sp. nov. and Olisanophus akilachuta sp. nov. from the middle …

[图书][B] Mandibular biomechanics as a key factor to understand diet in mammals

J Marcé-Nogué - 2020 - pfeil-verlag.de
Mandibular biomechanics as a key factor to understand diet in mammals Page 1 T. Martin & W.
v. Koenigswald: Mammalian Teeth – Form and Function. – München (Pfeil) 2020 – ISBN …

Vertical Clinging and Leaping Ahead: How Bamboo Has Shaped the Anatomy and Physiology of Hapalemur

HW Hemingway, AM Burrows… - The Anatomical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Hapalemur sps. and Prolemur simus (bamboo lemurs, collectively) stand out from the
relatively homogeneous lemurids because they are bamboo feeders and vertical clingers …

Isotopic paleoecology of a toxodont (mixotoxodon larensis) from michoacan, mexico

VA Pérez-Crespo, J Arroyo-Cabrales… - The Southwestern …, 2020 - BioOne
The stable carbon and oxygen isotopic ratios present in dentine and tooth enamel from one
Mixotoxodon larensis specimen from Hihuitlán, Michoacán, México, were analyzed. Similar …