A re-evaluation of the taphonomic methodology for the study of small mammal fossil assemblages of South America

FJ Fernández, CI Montalvo, Y Fernández-Jalvo… - Quaternary Science …, 2017 - Elsevier
The taphonomic methodology for the study of small mammal fossil was based mainly on
actualistic studies of bones and teeth of insectivores (Soricidae, Talpidae, Erinaceidae) and …

Actualistic taphonomy of barn owl pellet‐derived small mammal bone accumulations in arid environments of South America

JM Lopez - Journal of Quaternary Science, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The avian family of barn owls (Tytonidae, Strigiformes) is the most geographically
widespread group of owls in the world and one of the most common accumulators of small …

Paleoenvironmental reconstruction from faunal remains: ecological basics and analytical assumptions

RL Lyman - Journal of Archaeological Research, 2017 - Springer
Paleozoologists have long used taxa represented by ancient faunal remains to reconstruct
paleoenvironments. Those ancient environments were the selective contexts in which …

A new extinct desert rodent from the Holocene of South America and its bearing on the diversity of Octodontidae (Hystricognathi)

DH Verzi, AI Olivares, NA De Santi… - Journal of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Abstract A Late Holocene (ca. 3,100 to 380 BP) sample of the viscacha rat genus Octomys
(Octodontidae) from the Vaquerías Gruta 1 site (VQ-G1) in western Argentina is reported …

Review of the actualistic taphonomy of small mammals ingested by South American predators: its importance in the interpretation of the fossil record

CI Montalvo, FJ Fernández - Publicación Electrónica de la …, 2019 - sedici.unlp.edu.ar
In this paper, the current state of knowledge of the taphonomic characteristics of
micromammal (rodents and marsupials) remains generated by the action of the different …

The barn owl as an accumulator of bone remains in central western Argentina: multi-taxa neo-taphonomic approach and implications for Holocene contexts

FS Rubini, J Mignino, NM Guardia, A Zarco… - The …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Barn owls are the most widely distributed group of owls in the world and are among the most
common accumulators of small vertebrate remains at archeological and paleontological …

From owl prey to human food: taphonomy of archaeological small mammal remains from the late Holocene wetlands of arid environments in Central Western …

JM López, H Chiavazza - Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 2020 - Springer
The present study analyses small mammal bone and tooth accumulations recovered in three
open-air archaeological sites from northern Mendoza (Argentina) in the central Monte …

Taphonomic analysis of small mammal bone remains preyed upon by wildcats (Carnivora: Felidae) from the central Monte Desert (Mendoza, Argentina)

JM López, MI Rosi, S Tabeni, B Bender, H Chiavazza - Boreas, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The present study analysed the taphonomic characteristics of small mammal bone
accumulations produced by small felids in an area from the central Monte Desert (Mendoza …

A new peculiar species of the subterranean rodent Ctenomys (Rodentia, Ctenomyidae) from the Holocene of central Argentina

NA De Santi, DH Verzi, AI Olivares, P Piñero… - Journal of South …, 2020 - Elsevier
The subterranean rodent Ctenomys is the single living representative of the family
Ctenomyidae, and the most diverse genus within Hystricomorpha. Its fossil record begins in …

Neo-tafonomía de restos de pequeños mamíferos acumulados por la lechuza de campanario (Tyto alba) en el gran chaco sudamericano (argentina): un marco de …

J Mignino, A Izeta, JM García, R Cattáneo… - El hornero, 2021 - SciELO Argentina
Los restos óseos y dentarios de micromamíferos son frecuentes en sitios arqueológicos,
paleontoló gicos y en espacios urbanos y rurales. La Lechuza de Campanario (Tyto alba) …