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Caviomorph rodents from the Pampean region (Argentina) in the historical Santiago Roth Collection in Switzerland
Here I reviewed the Pleistocene caviomorphs collected by Santiago Roth (collection from Catalog No. 5) and housed at the paleontological collection...
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The Caviomorphs: First South American Rodents
The first rodents did not arrive in South America until the mid-Eocene, at about 41 million years ago. This recent discovery makes the history of the...
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Eocene caviomorph rodents from Balsayacu (Peruvian Amazonia)
The Paleogene record of caviomorph rodents has substantially increased over the last decades, and their evolutionary history better understood by the...
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Palimpsest of micromammal deposits in an archaeological rock shelter (Álvarez 4, Late Holocene) from northwestern Patagonia, Argentina
This study provides a taphonomic and paleoenvironmental analysis of the micromammal (˂1 kg) accumulations from the archaeological site Álvarez 4...
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Allotheria: Gondwanatherians and Multituberculates
The enigmatic Gondwanatheria includes mammals with a mosaic of plesiomorphic and apomorphic cranial and dental features challenging our attempts to...
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Micromammals (Mammal: Rodentia) from Pilauco: Identification and Environmental Considerations
Rodents are small-sized animals that form one of the most extensive groups of mammals. They share highly specialized masticatory organs and very...
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Carnivore coprolites from “Gruta del Indio” site as source of paleoparasitological and paleoecological evidences (late Pleistocene-Holocene, Mendoza, Argentina)
In the southern cone of South America, inhabit a large diversity of Neotropical carnivores. Carnivore coprolites are a valuable source of...
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A Pliocene–Pleistocene continental biota from Venezuela
The Pliocene–Pleistocene transition in the Neotropics is poorly understood despite the major climatic changes that occurred at the onset of the...
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The Genesis of the Modern Amazon River Basin and Andean Uplift and Their Roles in Mammalian Diversification
This chapter discusses the origin of the Amazon basin and Andean uplift and their roles in mammalian evolution. Information is still sparse, due to...
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From owl prey to human food: taphonomy of archaeological small mammal remains from the late Holocene wetlands of arid environments in Central Western Argentina
The present study analyses small mammal bone and tooth accumulations recovered in three open-air archaeological sites from northern Mendoza...
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Faunistic Associations and Climatic Events During the Pan-Araucanian Cycle
The variations that the diastrophic events, as well as the climatic changes, inflicted to the Pampean Province gave special geographic and biotic...
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Platyrrhine Monkeys: The Fossil Evidence
This chapter presents the partial evolutionary history known of the platyrrhine primates through their known fossils. New evidence for the earliest...
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From Gondwana to the Great American Biotic Interchange: The Birth of South American Fauna
The Great American Biotic Interchange (GABI) is one of the biggest biogeographical events, which has shaped the modern South American fauna. It...
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Island Africa and Vertebrate Evolution: A Review of Data and Working Hypotheses
From mid-CretaceousCretaceous/Cretaceous-Paleogene Boundary to Early MioceneMiocene, Africa was geographically isolated as a gigantic island, the...
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History of Terrestrial Mammals in South America How South American Mammalian Fauna Changed from the Mesozoic to Recent Times
This book takes a non-technical approach in covering the evolution of South American mammalian fauna throughout geological history, and discusses how...
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Pleistocene Mammal Communities and Their Extinction
During the Pleistocene the diversity of mammals in South America became extremely elevated. It seems that hyperdiversity reached the highest known in...
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Ancient Mammals of Gondwanan South America
This is a synopsis of what is known of South American mammals from the Mesozoic Era, which begins (according to present information) in the Early...
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La Venta: A Miocene Mammalian Community from Colombia
This is a description of the well-known Colombian La Venta fauna. La Venta is the most detailed tropical faunal assemblage known for South America....
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Mammalian Invasion of the Caribbean Islands
This is a description of the South American fauna (and some that arrived from North America) that populated the Caribbean Islands and how this fauna...
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The Great American Biotic (Faunal) Interchange
This is the story of the revolutionary changes to South American mammals that occurred when it became possible for mammals from North America to pass...