The extinct megamammals Eremotherium laurillardi (weight 6550 kg), Notiomastodon
platensis (w= 6000 kg), Toxodon platensis (w= 3090 kg), Valgipes bucklandi (w= 980 kg) …

The modern South American mammalian assemblage was determined by the closure of the
Panama isthmus (∼ 2.7–3.1 Ma) and later on, by profound climatic and environmental …

Southern South America (SSA) has today a high diversity of climates, environments, biomes,
and biotas, as a result of the complex interaction through time of plants and animals with the …

This study aims at assessing resource and habitat use, niche occupation and trophic
interactions from a stable isotope perspective on fossil mammals from the Argentine Pampas …

During the Late Pleistocene and early Holocene 59 species of South American megafauna
went extinct. Their extinction potentially triggered population declines of large‐seeded tree …

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Comparisons between the oxygen isotope ratios in the carbonate and phosphate fractions of
bioapatite have been proposed and applied as an internal check for diagenesis because …

The megafauna extinction in South America was one of the most profound events, with the
loss of 50 genera (~ 83%). Three orders disappeared (Notoungulata, Proboscidea …

Prehistoric and recent extinctions of large-bodied terrestrial herbivores had significant and
lasting impacts on Earth's ecosystems due to the loss of their distinct trait combinations. The …

The gomphothere assemblage from the Pleistocene of Águas de Araxá (Minas Gerais State,
Brazil) is composed of several isolated teeth, cranial and postcranial fragments assigned to …