Late Paleozoic, Late Cretaceous and Pleistocene-Holocene reptiles and mammals fauna:a review from Goiás State, Brazil [PDF]
, 2022 The territory of Goiás State in Central Brazil has yielded reptile fossils from the Permian, Cretaceous and fossil mammals from the Pleistocene-Holocene. Many new fossils have been found during the last years, allowing a better understanding of community
Brusatte, Stephen Louis +7 more
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Revisiting proboscidean phylogeny and evolution through total evidence and palaeogenetic analyses including Notiomastodon ancient DNA [PDF]
, 2021 The extinct Gomphotheriidae is the only proboscidean family that colonized South America. The phylogenetic position of the endemic taxa has been through several revisions using morphological comparisons. Morphological studies are enhanced by paleogenetic
Baleka, Sina +7 more
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A Lujanian local fauna (Upper Pleistocene-Lower Holocene) from southern Uruguay: Santa Regina, Colonia department. [PDF]
, 2021 On the southwestern coast of Uruguay, in the Colonia and San José departments, sedimentary rocks that correspond to the Neogene and Quaternary are found.
Badin, Ana Clara +9 more
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The palaeobiogeography of South American gomphotheres
Journal of Palaeogeography, 2013 Gomphotheriid proboscideans reached South America as Late Cenozoic immigrants from North America. However, disagreements over alpha taxonomy, age dating and phylogenetic relationships have produced three competing hypotheses about this immigration: (1) a
Spencer G. Lucas
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Taphonomic features in the Quaternary megafauna of the Apa River (Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil) [PDF]
Brazilian Journal of GeologyThe Miguel Amaral Burgueño Paleontological Site is an important fossiliferous Quaternary deposit located in the middle course of the Apa River, municipality of Bela Vista, State of Mato Grosso do Sul.
Claudio Luís Pimentel Miranda-Junior +4 more
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Taxonomía de los gonfoterios en Chile. Necesidad de una revisión [PDF]
, 2021 En Chile, los gonfoterios conforman un grupo ancestral de proboscídeos que evidencia una gran presencia y distribución geográfica especialmente durante el Pleistoceno Superior con un amplio registro fósil que conforma una importante colección de ...
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Técnica de Extração de Palinomorfos em Cálculos Déntarios de Gonfotérios Sul-Americanos [PDF]
, 2017 A laboratory technique was developed to extract palynomorphs from dental calculi of South American gomphotere Notiomastodon platensis individuals. The samples were obtained from molar specimens from Northeastern and Southern Brazil.
Aguiar de, Marcia Barros +4 more
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Qualities of Successful Invasions: Examples from the Great American Biotic Interchange [PDF]
, 2021 A good understanding of the past can shed light on the patterns observed and mechanisms at work in the present day.As the climate continues to change in the present, we can look to the past to help determine how organisms might react to large scale ...
Jackson, Emily
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Nuevas evidencias acerca de la presencia de Stegomastodon platensis Ameghino, 1888, Proboscidea: Gomphotheriidae, en el Pleistoceno tardío de Chile central [PDF]
, 2016 This paper contextualizes, describes and taxonomically assigned cranial and dental Gomphotheriidae materials from the El Trebal 1, late Pleistocene form central Chile. Starting from metric and morphological variables fossils are included in Stegomastodon
Alberdi, M. T. +4 more
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Sixty years after ‘The mastodonts of Brazil’: The state of the art of South American proboscideans (Proboscidea, Gomphotheriidae) [PDF]
, 2016 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 (1957) attempted to clarify the complex issues related to our understanding of these ...
Asevedo, Lidiane +3 more
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