Taphonomy for taxonomists: Implications of predation in small mammal studies

Y Fernández-Jalvo, P Andrews, C Denys… - Quaternary Science …, 2016 - Elsevier
Predation is one of the most recurrent sources of bone accumulations. The influence of
predation is widely studied for large mammal sites where humans, acting as predators …

[图书][B] Atlas of taphonomic identifications: 1001+ images of fossil and recent mammal bone modification

Y Fernández-Jalvo, P Andrews - 2016 - books.google.com
The aim of the atlas is to provide images of taphonomic modifications, making it as
comprehensive as possible with evidence presently available. This volume is intended both …

Evidence of artefacts made of giant sloth bones in central Brazil around the last glacial maximum

TR Pansani, B Pobiner, P Gueriau… - … of the Royal …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The peopling of the Americas and human interaction with the Pleistocene megafauna in
South America remain hotly debated. The Santa Elina rock shelter in Central Brazil shows …

New data on the introduction and dispersal process of small mammals in southwestern Europe during the Holocene: Castillejo del Bonete site (southeastern Spain)

ÁCD García, C Laplana, P Sevilla, HA Blain… - Quaternary Science …, 2019 - Elsevier
In the Mediterranean realm, the development of navigation techniques by humans during
the Mesolithic and the Neolithic favoured the dispersal of some small mammal species from …

A Late Cretaceous mammal from Brazil and the first radioisotopic age for the Bauru Group

MC Castro, FJ Goin… - Royal Society …, 2018 - royalsocietypublishing.org
In the last three decades, records of tribosphenidan mammals from India, continental Africa,
Madagascar and South America have challenged the notion of a strictly Laurasian …

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 …

Post-mortem enamel surface texture alteration during taphonomic processes—do experimental approaches reflect natural phenomena?

K Weber, DE Winkler, E Schulz-Kornas, TM Kaiser… - PeerJ, 2022 - peerj.com
Experimental approaches are often used to better understand the mechanisms behind and
consequences of post-mortem alteration on proxies for diet reconstruction. Dental microwear …

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 …

Neo-taphonomy of prey bones ingested by pumas in central western Argentina

JM López, C Otaola, M Giardina, C Huczak… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Pumas are American top predators that commonly frequent places that may also be
inhabited by humans. With the aim of contributing to the evaluation of the accumulating …

Tough to digest: first record of Teleosauroidea (Thalattosuchia) in a regurgitalite from the Upper Jurassic of north‐eastern Italy

G Serafini, CM Gordon, D Foffa… - Papers in …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Postcranial remains of a small teleosauroid from the Upper Jurassic of north‐eastern Italy
are described in detail. The specimen, discovered in 1980 on a slab of Rosso Ammonitico …