An emerging consensus in the evolution, phylogeny, and systematics of marsupials and their fossil relatives (Metatheria)

MDB Eldridge, RMD Beck, DA Croft… - Journal of …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Marsupials and their fossil relatives, which collectively comprise Metatheria, have been of
scientific interest for centuries, with many aspects of their evolution and systematics subject …

[图书][B] Evolution of South American mammalian predators during the Cenozoic: paleobiogeographic and paleoenvironmental contingencies

FJ Prevosti, AM Forasiepi - 2018 - books.google.com
This book summarizes the evolution of carnivorous mammals in the Cenozoic of South
America. It presents paleontological information on the two main mammalian carnivorous …

Paleogene Xenarthra and the evolution of South American mammals

TJ Gaudin, DA Croft - Journal of Mammalogy, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Recent studies show Xenarthra to be even more isolated systematically from other placental
mammals than traditionally thought. The group not only represents 1 of 4 primary placental …

[图书][B] Opossums: an adaptive radiation of New World marsupials

RS Voss, SA Jansa - 2021 - books.google.com
Opossums are the most diverse and ecologically important group of New World marsupials,
although only the Virginia opossum is familiar to North American residents. In fact, many …

El gran intercambio biótico Americano: una revisión paleoambiental de evidencias aportadas por mamíferos y aves neotropicales

JS Pelegrin, S Gamboa, I Menéndez… - …, 2018 - revistaecosistemas.net
El Gran Intercambio Biótico Americano: una revisión paleoambiental de evidencias
aportadas por mamíferos y aves neotropicales Page 1 5 AEET ASOCIACIÓN ESPAÑOLA DE …

The multicausal twilight of South American native mammalian predators (Metatheria, Sparassodonta)

SD Tarquini, S Ladevèze, FJ Prevosti - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Sparassodonts were the apex mammalian predators of South America throughout most of
the Cenozoic, diversifying into a wide array of niches including fox-like and even saber …

Diversity and disparity of sparassodonts (Metatheria) reveal non-analogue nature of ancient South American mammalian carnivore guilds

DA Croft, RK Engelman… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - royalsocietypublishing.org
This study investigates whether terrestrial mammalian carnivore guilds of ancient South
America, which developed in relative isolation, were similar to those of other continents. We …

Sedimentology and fossil vertebrates of the Santa Cruz Formation (early Miocene) in Lago Posadas, southwestern Patagonia, Argentina

JI Cuitiño, SF Vizcaíno, MS Bargo, I Aramendía - 2019 - notablesdelaciencia.conicet.gov.ar
Lago Posadas is located at the foot of the Southern Patagonian Andes, in southwestern
Argentina, where the early Miocene Santa Cruz Formation (SCF) shows thick and laterally …

Paleoenvironments and paleoecology of the Santa Cruz Formation (early-middle Miocene) along the Río Santa Cruz, Patagonia (Argentina)

RF Kay, SF Vizcaíno, MS Bargo, JP Spradley… - Journal of South …, 2021 - Elsevier
The continental early-middle Miocene Santa Cruz Formation (SCF) in Austral Patagonia
contains the best record of South American mammalian faunas prior to the Great American …

A Nearly Complete Juvenile Skull of the Marsupial Sparassocynus derivatus from the Pliocene of Argentina, the Affinities of “Sparassocynids”, and the Diversification …

RMD Beck, ML Taglioretti - Journal of Mammalian Evolution, 2020 - Springer
Abstract “Sparassocynids” are small, carnivorously-adapted marsupials known from the late
Miocene and Pliocene of South America, thought to be relatives of living didelphid …