Abstract Studies on South American Gomphotheriidae started around 210 years ago and,
150 years later, the classic study “The mastodonts of Brazil” by Simpson and Paula Couto …

Despite more than two centuries of study, the South American Gomphotheriidae (SAG)
taxonomy, phylogeny and biogeography are still problematic. The current knowledge about …

The megafauna extinction in South America was one of the most profound events, with the
loss of 50 genera (~ 83%). Three orders disappeared (Notoungulata, Proboscidea …

The contemporary mammalian communities of South America were defined by the rise of the
Isthmus of Panama and by the deep climatic oscillations during the Pleistocene …

Abstract The diversity of South American proboscideans during the Quaternary has been a
subject of discussion for decades. The presence of Cuvieronius hyodon in South America is …

Abstract The Coastal Plain of Rio Grande do Sul state (CPRS), southern Brazil,
encompasses Quaternary barrier-lagoon depositional systems developed in response to …

Biological, stratigraphic, and temporal processes act on the origin of fossil concentrations.
The influence of these phenomena on fossil vertebrate accumulations from tank deposits …

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 …

We performed a paleopathological and paleoepidemiological analysis for a Notiomastodon
platensis population (47 individuals) from the Late Pleistocene of Brazil recovered from …

The giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) is a strictly myrmecophagous xenarthran
species that ranges from Honduras to northern Argentina, occupying various habitats, from …