Mammalian diversity and age of the Salicas formation (Late Miocene–early Pleistocene), Northwestern Argentina: State of knowledge and new contributions

D Ruiz-Ramoni, CO Romano, SD Tarquini… - Journal of South …, 2023 - Elsevier
Late Cenozoic sediments in the Sierras Pampeanas of La Rioja and Catamarca provinces,
Northwestern Argentina, have yielded fossil mammal remains from the Salicas Fm. Herein …

Plohophorini glyptodonts (Xenarthra, Cingulata) from the late Neogene of northwestern Argentina. Insight into their diversity, evolutionary history, and …

A Núñez-Blasco, AE Zurita, RA Bonini… - Journal of Mammalian …, 2024 - Springer
Northwestern Argentina (NWA), together with the Pampean region (PR), has produced one
of the most complete late Neogene continental sequences in Argentina. A diversity of …

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 …

Updated record of Proterotheriidae (Litopterna, Mammalia) from the late Neogene of northwestern Argentina

GI Schmidt, MA Armella, RA Bonini - Historical Biology, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
We describe several proterotheriid remains from the Andalhuala and the Corral Quemado
formations (Villavil-Quillay and Santa María basins, Catamarca Province) and the …

A New Glyptodont (Xenarthra: Cingulata) from the Late Miocene of Argentina: new clues about the oldest extra-patagonian radiation in southern South America

D Barasoain, AE Zurita, DA Croft, CI Montalvo… - Journal of Mammalian …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Glyptodonts (Xenarthra, Cingulata) are one of the most amazing Cenozoic South
American mammals, with some terminal forms reaching ca. two tons. The Paleogene record …

About the diversity of Dasypodidae (Xenarthra, Cingulata) along the Late Miocene of northwestern Argentina: The case of the Salicas Formation

D Barasoain, LRG Ruiz, D Brandoni - Journal of South American Earth …, 2022 - Elsevier
The deposits of the Neogene Salicas Formation crop out along the north area and western
flanks of the Velasco range, in the northern area of La Rioja Province, Argentina. Previous …

The dermal armor of mylodontid sloths (Mammalia, Xenarthra) from Cueva del Milodon (ultima Esperanza, Chile)

N Toledo, A Boscaini, LM Pérez - Journal of Morphology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Dermal ossifications (osteoderms, dermal ossicles, osteoscutes) appear independently in
various tetrapod lineages. In mammals, however, dermal ossifications are only present in …

New remains of glyptodontidae (mammalia, xenarthra) from the Salicas Formation (late Miocene, messinian), La Rioja province, Argentina

D Brandoni, LRG Ruiz - Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract In South America, glyptodonts are recorded since the late Eocene to the early
Holocene. Their fossil record is represented mainly by disarticulated osteoderms during the …

New data on the diversity and chronology of late Neogene sloths (Xenarthra, Folivora) from the Villavil-Quillay Basin, Catamarca, Argentina

RA Bonini, ÁR Miño-Boilini, D Brandoni… - Historical …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Folivora (Mammalia, Xenarthra) constitutes one of the most characteristic
groups of mammals of the Cenozoic of South America, which is represented by several …

The Scelidotheriinae Proscelidodon gracillimus (Xenarthra: Mylodontidae) from the Cerro Azul Formation (late Miocene), Argentina: ontogenetic variability and …

CI Montalvo, ÁR Miño-Boilini, R Sostillo… - Journal of South …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The subfamily Scelidotheriinae (Xenarthra, Folivora) is a clade of extinct sloths
recorded from the middle Miocene to the Pleistocene/Holocene transition in South America …