Abstract The Caatinga Domain (CD) in northeastern Brazil harbors the largest and most
continuous expanse of the seasonally dry tropical forest and woodland biome (SDTFW) in …

Abstract The Brazilian Intertropical Region (BIR) abounds with tank (natural reservoir)
deposits, a primary source of late Quaternary megafauna remains. However, most of these …

Touro Passo Creek is one of the most important fossiliferous late Pleistocene localities from
southern Brazil. Although fossil vertebrates collected from this locality have been studied …

Here we estimate the body mass of 10 iconic species of extinct xenarthrans (cingulates and
sloths) from the Quaternary of Brazil using two sets of predictive equations based on …

Species distribution models (SDMs) are helpful for understanding actual and potential
biogeographical traits of organisms. These models have recently started to be applied in the …

North American glyptodonts originated from South American ancestors during the Great
American Biotic Interchange no later than early Blancan North American Land Mammal Age …

Studies regarding Quaternary mammals from the Serra da Bodoquena (South-western
Brazil, state of Mato Grosso do Sul) are scarce. In the region, the Fadas Cave has been an …

The knowledge of northern South American Glyptodontidae (Mammalia, Xenarthra,
Cingulata) is very scarce compared with that of southern South American taxa, which have …

The anatomical and taxonomic knowledge of some groups of Glyptodontidae (Mammalia,
Cingulata) is still very poor. In addition, a strict typological/morphological taxonomic criterion …

Los Glyptodontidae constituyeron uno de los clados de Cingulata (Mammalia, Xenarthra)
con mayor éxito de América del Sur. Durante su extensa historia evolutiva (Eoceno tardío …