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Evolution, systematics, and phylogeography of pleistocene horses in the new world: a molecular perspective. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS Biology, 2005
The rich fossil record of horses has made them a classic example of evolutionary processes. However, while the overall picture of equid evolution is well known, the details are surprisingly poorly understood, especially for the later Pliocene and ...
Jaco Weinstock   +14 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Ancient feeding ecology inferred from stable isotopic evidence from fossil horses in South America over the past 3 Ma [PDF]

open access: yesBMC Ecology, 2011
Background Stable isotope ratios (13C/12C and 18O/16O) in fossil teeth and bone provide key archives for understanding the ecology of extinct horses during the Plio-Pleistocene in South America; however, what happened in areas of sympatry between Equus ...
Alberdi María T   +2 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Presencia de Hippidion y Equus (Amerhippus) (Mammalia, Perissodactyla) y su distribución en el Pleistoceno superior de Chile

open access: yesEstudios Geologicos, 2000
Se describen y sitúan taxonómicamente los restos de équidos de las localidades chilenas. Se identifican distintas especies de Equus (Amerhippus) e Hippidion, señalando su distribución geográfica y relaciones con otros équidos sudamericanos, además de ...
Maria TERESA Alberdi
exaly   +3 more sources

Nuevos registros de Hippidion (Mammalia, Perissodactyla) en el Pleistoceno tardío de la provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina

open access: yesEstudios Geologicos, 2013
En este estudio se describen dos nuevos cráneos referidos a Hippidion principale (Lund) y varios elementos del esqueleto apendicular referidos a H. devillei procedentes de dos localidades clásicas de la provincia de Buenos Aires, las márgenes de los ...
JOSÉ Luis Prado   +2 more
exaly   +3 more sources

Cerro Bombero: registro de Hippidion saldiasi Roth, 1899 (Equidae, Perissodactyla) en el Holoceno temprano de Patagonia (Santa Cruz, Argentina)

open access: yesEstudios Geologicos, 2008
Presentamos un nuevo registro de Hippidion saldiasi con datación radiocarbónica directa correspondiente al Holoceno temprano de Patagonia (8.850 ± 80 años C-14 AP). Su particular ubicación temporal y geográfica en una zona poco estudiada hasta ahora y su
JOSÉ Luis Prado, Maria TERESA Alberdi
exaly   +3 more sources

Climate-driven ecological stability as a globally shared cause of Late Quaternary megafaunal extinctions: the Plaids and Stripes Hypothesis. [PDF]

open access: yesBiol Rev Camb Philos Soc, 2019
ABSTRACT Controversy persists about why so many large‐bodied mammal species went extinct around the end of the last ice age. Resolving this is important for understanding extinction processes in general, for assessing the ecological roles of humans, and for conserving remaining megafaunal species, many of which are endangered today.
Mann DH   +3 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Hippidion Owen 1869 (Mammalia, Perissodactyla) en sedimentos del pleistoceno tardío de la localidad Barro Negro (Jujuy, Argentina)

open access: yesEstudios Geologicos, 1986
El presente estudio comprende los hallazgos realizados en la localidad de Barro Negro (Humahuaca, Jujuy, Argentina). Incluye una descripción y comentarios de los rasgos sobresalientes del material, así como aspectos estratigráficos y cronológicos ...
Maria TERESA Alberdi, JOSÉ Luis Prado
exaly   +3 more sources

El registro más antiguo de Hippidion Owen, 1869 (Mammalia, Perissodactyla) en América del Sur

open access: yesEstudios Geologicos, 1998
Se confirma la presencia de Hippidion devillei en la localidad de Esquina Blanca (Jujuy, Argentina) y se sitúa, a partir de los datos paleomagnéticos, en una edad cercana al límite Matuyama/Gauss.
JOSÉ Luis Prado, Maria TERESA Alberdi
exaly   +3 more sources

Assessing the Causes Behind the Late Quaternary Extinction of Horses in South America Using Species Distribution Models

open access: yesFrontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2019
At the end of the Pleistocene, South America witnessed the loss of an 83% of all megafaunal genera that inhabited the continent at that time. Among the taxa that disappeared were all the representatives of the Equidae family, including several species of
Natalia A Villavicencio   +2 more
exaly   +3 more sources

Mitochondrial genomes reveal the extinct Hippidion as an outgroup to all living equids [PDF]

open access: yesBiology Letters, 2015
Clio Der Sarkissian   +2 more
exaly   +2 more sources

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