Fossil tetrapod burrows from the Cerro Azul Formation (Late Miocene-Early Pliocene) of
southwestern Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, are described and interpreted. The local …

For rodents, hearing is essential to survival. It enables predator evasion, prey detection, and
conspecific recognition; it is also likely to be constrained by the physical environment. The …

Abstract Strata containing the Iniyoo Local Fauna (LF) crop out in the outskirts of Santiago
Yolomécatl in the Yolomécatl Subbasin of the southeastern Tlaxiaco Basin in northwestern …

Trace fossils produced by fossorial mammals are relatively common in the North American
fossil record. Yaviichnus iniyooensis consists of a system of chambers and tunnels marked …

A new species of gopher, Gregorymys mixtecorum n. sp., is described from the Arikareean 1
(early Oligocene) of Oaxaca, southern Mexico. Phylogenetic analysis indicates that it is the …

Mustelidae are the largest and most diverse family of carnivores, its record dates back to the
Early Oligocene, and its early history occurred in western Europe; therefore, the finding of a …

Recent studies have demonstrated dramatic changes in North American rodentand
lagomorph faunas through the Cenozoic, with open-habitat specialists (characterized by …

Pan-Testudinidae is the total clade of extant terrestrial tortoises, which includes extinct fossil
members of their stem lineage. Members of this clade have a rather scarce fossil record in …

ABSTRACT A new galericine erinaceid, Dzavui landeri Crespo and Jiménez-Hidalgo, gen.
nov., sp. nov., from the early Oligocene (Rupelian) Iniyoo Local Fauna of northwestern …

We report fossil mammal burrows from backshore beach facies in the Camacho Formation of
southern Uruguay, of Late Miocene (Huayquerian SALMA) age. The presence of desiccation …