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October 2013 - January 2014
April 2015 - November 2023
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April 2015 - November 2023
September 2012 - June 2013
September 2010 - June 2012
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Material properties of the diet of extant species is reflected by the microwear texture recorded on the enamel tooth surface, a signal that can be useful for estimating the diets of extinct species. Intra-specific dietary variations can occur between sexes or depend on seasonal vegetation cover changes in their habitat. However, these factors canno...
Since 2012, we have investigated a stratigraphic section encompassing the late Eocene–earliest Oligocene interval at Shapaja (Tarapoto area, Peruvian Amazonia, ca. 7°S), through paleontological and geological fieldwork. The measured sedimentary series (120 m-thick [West] plus 90 m-thick [East]), assigned to the upper member of the Pozo Formation, r...
The Serra do Mar Atlantic forest (Brazil) shelters about 15 different species of caviomorph rodents and thus represents a unique opportunity to explore resource partitioning. We studied 12 species with distinct diets using dental microwear texture analysis (DMTA). Our results revealed differences (complexity, textural fill volume, and heterogeneity...
We describe a new extinct spiny rat, Proclinodontomys dondasi n. gen. n. sp. (Rodentia, Caviomorpha, Echimyidae), represented by a noteworthy preserved skull and mandible from the early-middle Pleistocene outcrops at the coastal cliffs of SE Buenos Aires Province (Central Argentina). Phylogenetic analyses allow us to propose that the new species de...
Modern caviomorphs or South American hystricognathous rodents exhibit a great taxonomical and
ecological diversity,with a broad spectrum of dietary habits, ranging from frugivorous to grass eaters. Their
oldest record dates back to the late middle Eocene from Peruvian Amazonia. Continuous paleontological
field efforts have substantially increased t...
We provide a synopsis of ~60 million years of life history in Neotropical lowlands, based on a comprehensive survey of the Cenozoic deposits along the Quebra da Cachiyacu near Contamana in Peruvian Amazonia. The 34 fossil-bearing localities identified have yielded a diversity of fossil remains, including vertebrates, mollusks, arthropods, plant fos...
