In the present study, the paleoecology (diet and niche width) of Late Quaternary
megamammals that inhabited the Brazilian Intertropical Region (BIR) was assessed at two …

South American climates during the Pleistocene and Holocene are poorly known, especially
in the lowlands east of the Andean ranges. However, there is relatively good biostratigraphic …

The concept of “land-mammal age” as developed in South America is examined. The
“Uquian Land-mammal age” is used as a study case.“Land-mammal age” parataxonomy is …

METHODS Seven species of xenarthrans (three glyptodonts and four ground sloths) and six
species of epitherians (one notoungulate, one litoptern, one perissodactyl, one …

Glyptodon Owen is one of the most frequently recorded glyptodonts in the Pleistocene of
South America, especially between 20° S and 38° S. A high specific diversity has …

The vegetation and climate of the Pampa grassland, Argentina, during the late Quaternary
are reconstructed from pollen recovered from dated stratigraphic sections from arroyo walls …

During the latest Pleistocene-earliest Holocene, South American terrestrial vertebrate
faunas suffered one of the largest (and probably the youngest) extinction in the world for this …

“An enjoyable read that provides a substantial amount of detail on the biology, ecology, and
distribution of these fantastic animals... Highly recommended.”—Choice More than 10,000 …

The landscape evolution of the southwestern part of Buenos Aires Province (southern
Pampa) is a good example for the understanding of continental deposits in arid–semiarid …

The last important–and possibly the most spectacular–turnover in South American mammal
history occurred around the Pleistocene-Holocene boundary, when 100% of megamam mal …