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Tracing the Paleobiology of Paedotherium and Tremacyllus (Pachyrukhinae, Notoungulata), the Latest Sciuromorph South American Native Ungulates – Part II: Orbital, Auditory, and Occipito-Cervical Regions
The caudal cranium and occipito-cervical region, although usually overlooked, are informative about the paleobiology of fossil mammals, allowing...
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Tracing the Paleobiology of Paedotherium and Tremacyllus (Pachyrukhinae, Notoungulata), the Latest Sciuromorph South American Native Ungulates – Part I: Snout and Masticatory Apparatus
Inquiring into the paleoecology of extinct forms is always a challenge, particularly when the taxa under study correspond to derived ecomorphs of...
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Sciuromorphy outside rodents reveals an ecomorphological convergence between squirrels and extinct South American ungulates
Notoungulates were a diverse group of South American ungulates that included the rodent-like typotherians. However, they are typically compared with...
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Tooth Size Variation in Assemblages of Tremacyllus (Hegetotheriidae, Notoungulata): Insights into Geographical Gradients, Systematics, and Sexual Dimorphism
Tooth size variation within fossil assemblages can be associated with intra- or interspecific variation, functional, developmental, and geographical...
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How to weigh a fossil mammal? South American notoungulates as a case study for estimating body mass in extinct clades
Body mass (BM) is a fundamental variable for many paleobiological investigations that is challenging to accurately infer for species that lack living...
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Convergences in Scapula Morphology among Small Cursorial Mammals: An Osteological Correlate for Locomotory Specialization
Small cursorial mammals, such as lagomorphs, elephant shrews, and the more cursorial caviomorph rodents, share both the similar locomotor gait of...
