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2. Primate diversity in the early Miocene Pinturas Formation, southern Patagonia, Argentina
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NELSON MARTÍN NOVO, MARCELO FABIÁN TEJEDOR, LAUREANO RAÚL GONZÁLEZ-RUIZ, JOHN G. FLEAGLE, DIEGO BRANDONI, and MARCELO KRAUSE
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Platyrrhine primates ,Soriacebus ,Carlocebus ,early Miocene ,Patagonia ,Science - Abstract
Abstract We report ten new dental specimens of primates from the early Miocene Pinturas Formation, Patagonia, Argentina. The new material includes: a left lower canine and a left upper canine whose affinities remain to be determined; a mandibular fragment preserving part of the symphysis; and right p3-4, practically indistinguishable from Soriacebus adrianae; and a lower molar, probably m2, attributable to S. ameghinorum. A lower molar, probably m3, a P4, and an upper molar resemble Carlocebus carmenensis. Three additional specimens, too damaged for an accurate taxonomic assignment, are tentatively assigned to S. ameghinorum. The specimens here described can be assigned to taxa already known from the Pinturas Formation (S. ameghinorum, S. adrianae, and C. carmenensis) and provide new morphological information.
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- 2021
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3. Los mamíferos continentales del 'Mesopotamiense' (Mioceno Tardío) de Entre Ríos, Argentina. Diversidad, edad y paleobiogeografía
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Diego Brandoni
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Fossil man. Human paleontology ,GN282-286.7 ,Paleontology ,QE701-760 - Abstract
Los mamíferos continentales del “Mesopotamiense” (Mioceno Tardío) de Entre Ríos, Argentina. Diversidad, edad y paleobiogeografía
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- 2013
4. Los Tardigrada (Mammalia, Xenarthra) del Mioceno Tardío de Entre Ríos, Argentina
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Diego Brandoni
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Fossil man. Human paleontology ,GN282-286.7 ,Paleontology ,QE701-760 - Abstract
Los Tardigrada (Mammalia, Xenarthra) del Mioceno Tardío de Entre Ríos, Argentina
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- 2013
5. ON THE PRESENCE OF PYRAMIODONTHERIUM (MAMMALIA, XENARTHRA, MEGATHERIIDAE) IN THE LATE MIOCENE OF NORTHEASTERN ARGENTINA AND ITS BIOGEOGRAPHICAL IMPLICATIONS
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DIEGO BRANDONI and ALFREDO A. CARLINI
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Argentina ,Biogeography ,Late Miocene ,Megatheriinae ,Pyramiodontherium ,Systematics ,Geology ,QE1-996.5 ,Paleontology ,QE701-760 - Abstract
The biochron of the subfamily Megatheriinae, large to very large terrestrial sloths typified by Megatherium Cuvier, in Argentina extends from the middle Miocene of Patagonia to the late Pleistocene-early Holocene. Megatheriines reached their highest diversity in the lower levels (="conglomerado osífero", late Miocene) of the Ituzaingó Formation in Entre Ríos Province, northeastern Argentina. Among the four megatheriines that occur in this unit, the genera Promegatherium Ameghino, Eomegatherium Kraglievich and Pliomegatherium Kraglievich represent relatively small to medium-sized taxa. Here we describe new material assigned to Pyramiodontherium, the largest of the four genera from the same bed and comparable in size to some Quaternary species of Megatherium. Three valid species of Pyramiodontherium have been recognized, all distributed mainly in northwestern Argentina, from the late Miocene in Catamarca Province (and probably also in Tucumán Province), and the late Pliocene in La Rioja Province. The presence of this genus in northeastern Argentina extends its known paleobiogeographical distribution.
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- 2009
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6. New cranio-dental remains of Nothrotheriinae (Mammalia, Xenarthra, Folivora) from the Late Miocene of Central Argentina
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Ángel R. Miño-Boilini, Diego Brandoni, Claudia I. Montalvo, Rodrigo L. Tomassini, Daniel Barasoain, and Alfredo E. Zurita
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General Agricultural and Biological Sciences - Published
- 2022
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7. Late Miocene Dasypodidae Gray, 1821(Xenarthra, Cingulata) from the Toro Negro Formation (Central Andes, Argentina): diversity and chronological and biogeographical implications
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Diego BRANDONI, Daniel BARASOAIN, and Laureano R. GONZÁLEZ RUIZ
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Paleontology - Abstract
Fossil remains herein described are referred to different species of Dasypodidae Gray, 1821 (Mammalia, Xenarthra, Cingulata) and come from the upper levels of the lower member (Late Miocene-Early Pliocene) of the Toro Negro Formation at Quebrada de Las Torrecillas, La Rioja Province, Argentina, where previous vertebrate records only include those of Pyramiodontherium scillatoyanei De Iuliis, Ré & Vizcaíno, 2004 (Mammalia, Xenarthra) and Opisthodactylus cf. kirchneri Noriega, Jordan, Vezzosi & Areta, 2017 (Aves, Rheidae). The remains of Dasypodidae herein presented include Vetelia ghandii Esteban & Nasif, 1996, Chasicotatus peiranoi Esteban & Nasif, 1996, Macrochorobates scalabrinii (Moreno & Mercerat, 1891), Prozaedyus sp., and Paleuphractus argentinus (Moreno & Mercerat, 1891), and constitute the first records of these species for the Toro Negro Formation, increasing the mammal diversity for this unit. The association of dasypodids here described shows strong affinities with those described for Late Miocene localities of Northwestern Argentina. Under these evidences, the Dasypodidae here reported for Quebrada de Las Torrecillas site show a characteristic association of taxa from Northwestern Argentina, suggesting a Messinian age (Late Miocene) for the bearing levels of the Toro Negro Formation. In this way, these records support the accurate ages recently proposed for the lower Member of the Toro Negro Formation (i.e., Late Miocene-Early Pliocene).
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- 2023
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8. Late Miocene Dasypodidae Gray, 1821 (Xenarthra, Cingulata) from the Toro Negro Formation (Central Andes, Argentina): diversity and chronological and biogeographical implications
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Diego BRANDONI, Daniel BARASOAIN, and Laureano R. GONZÁLEZ RUIZ
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Armadillos ,Northwestern Argentina ,Neogene ,South America - Abstract
Fossil remains herein described are referred to different species of Dasypodidae Gray, 1821 (Mammalia, Xenarthra, Cingulata) and come from the upper levels of the lower member (Late Miocene-Early Pliocene) of the Toro Negro Formation at Quebrada de Las Torrecillas, La Rioja Province, Argentina, where previous vertebrate records only include those of Pyramiodontherium scillatoyanei De Iuliis, Ré& Vizcaíno, 2004 (Mammalia, Xenarthra) and Opisthodactylus cf. kirchneri Noriega, Jordan, Vezzosi& Areta, 2017 (Aves, Rheidae). The remains of Dasypodidae herein presented include Vetelia ghandii Esteban& Nasif, 1996, Chasicotatus peiranoi Esteban & Nasif, 1996, Macrochorobates scalabrinii (Moreno & Mercerat, 1891), Prozaedyus sp., and Paleuphractus argentinus (Moreno & Mercerat, 1891), and constitute the first records of these species for the Toro Negro Formation, increasing the mammal diversity for this unit. The association of dasypodids here described shows strong affinities with those described for Late Miocene localities of Northwestern Argentina. Under these evidences, the Dasypodidae here reported for Quebrada de Las Torrecillas site show a characteristic association of taxa from Northwestern Argentina, suggesting a Messinian age (Late Miocene) for the bearing levels of the Toro Negro Formation. In this way, these records support the accurate ages recently proposed for the lower Member of the Toro Negro Formation (i.e., Late Miocene-Early Pliocene).
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- 2023
9. A new pelican (Aves: Pelecanidae) from the Upper Miocene of Argentina: new clues about the origin of the New World lineages
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Jorge I. Noriega, Marcos Cenizo, Diego Brandoni, Leandro M. Pérez, David E. Tineo, Juan M. Diederle, and Paula Bona
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Paleontology - Abstract
Pelecanus paranensis sp. nov., a new pelican (Aves, Pelecanidae) from the marine Upper Miocene Paraná Formation, which crops out in the Province of Entre Ríos, Argentina, is described. This record constitutes the first report of a fossil pelican from Argentina and the southernmost from South America. The holotypical specimen consists of a very large and nearly complete pelvis, which is characterized by having the cristae iliacae dorsales continuous throughout its entire length and a large foramen acetabuli. The U-shaped morphology of the postacetabular section of the pelvis of the new species as well as the wide incisura sutura iliosynsacralis, allow to infer its phylogenetic position within the New World pelican species clade, showing a close relationship with the clade (P. occidentalis + P. thagus). A probable trans-Atlantic dispersal route for the ancestor of the New World pelicans is thus inferred. The inland Paranaense Sea, which flooded the South American Chaco-Paraná basin during the mid-Neogene, is proposed as a south-north pathway for ancestral forms of the clade (P. occidentalis + P. thagus). These regressive marine paleoenvironments of the Late Miocene may have acted as the evolutionary driver for the transition of pelican species from brackish or freshwater habitats to those inhabiting strictly marine coastlines.
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- 2023
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10. New data on the diversity and chronology of late Neogene sloths (Xenarthra, Folivora) from the Villavil-Quillay Basin, Catamarca, Argentina
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M. Georgieff Sergio, Diego Brandoni, R. Miño-Boilini Ángel, and Ricardo Adolfo Bonini
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0106 biological sciences ,010506 paleontology ,biology ,Xenarthra ,Structural basin ,Neogene ,biology.organism_classification ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,Paleontology ,Geography ,Mylodontidae ,General Agricultural and Biological Sciences ,Cenozoic ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences ,Chronology - Abstract
Folivora (Mammalia, Xenarthra) constitutes one of the most characteristic groups of mammals of the Cenozoic of South America, which is represented by several species within of Mylodontidae, Nothrot...
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- 2020
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11. About the diversity of Dasypodidae (Xenarthra, Cingulata) along the Late Miocene of northwestern Argentina: The case of the Salicas Formation
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Daniel Barasoain, Laureano R. González Ruiz, and Diego Brandoni
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Geology ,Earth-Surface Processes - Published
- 2022
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12. New records of Neogene Xenarthra (Mammalia) from eastern Puna (Argentina): diversity and biochronology
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Sofía I. Quiñones, Silvina Andrea Contreras, Diego Brandoni, Natalia Solís, Marcos D. Ercoli, Alfredo Eduardo Zurita, Ángel R. Miño-Boilini, María Camacho, Adriana Magdalena Candela, and Carlos Luna
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Megatheriidae ,biology ,Pilosa ,Paleontology ,Zoology ,Xenarthra ,biology.organism_classification ,Neogene ,Geography ,Cingulata ,Genus ,Biochronology ,Cenozoic - Abstract
Xenarthra is an endemic South American lineage of mammals, probably the sister clade of the other placental mammals. The oldest records of Xenarthra are from the latest Paleocene, although its current diversity is much lower than that recorded in some intervals of the Cenozoic Era. A new Neogene Xenarthra (Pilosa and Cingulata) assemblage from two localities of the Argentine Eastern Puna (Calahoyo and Casira) is described. The newly recorded taxa—Cingulata, Dasypodidae, Eutatini: Stenotatus sp. indet. and Eutatini indet., Euphractini: Macrochorobates scalabrinii (Moreno and Mercerat, 1891), and Tardigrada, Mylodontinae: cf. Simomylodon sp. indet. and Simomylodon cf. S. uccasamamensis Saint-André et al., 2010—and those already published from Calahoyo—Cingulata: Macrochorobates chapadmalensis (Ameghino, 1908), Eosclerocalyptus sp. indet., and Tardigrada, Megatheriidae: Pyramiodontherium bergi (Moreno and Mercerat, 1891)—suggest a middle–late Miocene age for the fossil-bearing levels. In Calahoyo, the presence of Stenotatus sp. indet., in addition to some rodents currently under study in the lower levels, suggest a closer similarity with the palaeofauna of Cerdas (southern Bolivia), probably involving the last part of the Miocene Climatic Optimum. The Xenarthra recorded in the middle and upper levels of Calahoyo and Casira suggest a late Miocene–Pliocene age. A comparative analysis between Calahoyo and Casira highlights the absence of Cingulata in the latter and a high diversity in the former. This situation probably indicates different paleoenvironmental conditions. Finally, we present the first certain record of the genus Simomylodon Saint-André et al., 2010 in Argentina, which includes the oldest record of dermal ossicles for sloths in South America.
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- 2019
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13. Nothrotheriops sp. (Mammalia, Xenarthra) from the Late Pleistocene of Argentina: implications for the dispersion of ground sloths during the Great American Biotic Interchange
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Raúl Ignacio Vezzosi and Diego Brandoni
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Archeology ,biology ,Pleistocene ,Otras Ciencias Naturales y Exactas ,DISPERSIAL ,Nothrotheriops ,VERTEBRATES ,Geology ,Xenarthra ,FEMUR ,biology.organism_classification ,TARDIGRADA ,Humanities ,CIENCIAS NATURALES Y EXACTAS ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics - Abstract
The aim of this contribution is to describe a femur (MCRS 199) assigned to Nothrotheriops sp. from the Late Pleistocene of Santa Fe Province (Argentina), and discuss the implications of this find in the context of the dispersal of ground sloths during the Great American Biotic Interchange. The specimen MCRS 199 is smaller than the femora referred to the North American species Nothrotheriops texanus and Nothrotheriops shastensis but shares several features with these species: (i) shape and position of the greater trochanter, (ii) development of the lesser trochanter, (iii) presence of connection between the third trochanter and the ectepicondyle, (iv) distal third of the femur wider, with ML/DW index of 1.93, and (v) location and relationship of the distal condyles. These similarities allow us to assign MCRS 199 to Nothrotheriops sp. The record of Nothrotheriops sp. from Santa Fe Province chronologically coincides with the earliest records of Nothrotheriops shastensis suggesting a broad geographical distribution of Nothrotheriops during the Late Pleistocene, ranging from 33–36°N (e.g. states of California and Arizona, USA) to 31°S (northern Salado River, Santa Fe Province, Argentina). Thus, Nothrotheriops have dispersed from North America (where Nothrotheriops has early records, Calabrian–Middle Pleistocene) to South America where localities bearing Nothrotheriops are Late Pleistocene in age. In addition, once in South America and probably during the Middle Pleistocene, Nothrotheriops probably gave rise to its sister taxon, Nothrotherium, with records from the Middle Pleistocene (e.g. 223 ka BP, northeastern Brazil) to the Late Pleistocene (e.g. 15 ka BP). Fil: Brandoni, Diego. Provincia de Entre Ríos. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción. Universidad Autónoma de Entre Ríos. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Santa Fe. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción; Argentina Fil: Vezzosi, Raúl Ignacio. Provincia de Entre Ríos. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción. Universidad Autónoma de Entre Ríos. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Santa Fe. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción; Argentina
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14. Chronological implications of the nothrotheriid ‘Xyophorus’ (Mammalia, Xenarthra) from the Collón Curá Formation (Miocene of Patagonia, Argentina)
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Diego Brandoni, Laureano Raul Gonzalez Ruiz, Agustina Reato, and Gabriel M. Martin
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Mammals ,0106 biological sciences ,010506 paleontology ,Tortonian ,biology ,Xenarthra ,South America ,biology.organism_classification ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,Ciencias de la Tierra y relacionadas con el Medio Ambiente ,Paleontology ,Folivora ,Tardigrada ,Neogene ,Meteorología y Ciencias Atmosféricas ,General Agricultural and Biological Sciences ,Humanities ,CIENCIAS NATURALES Y EXACTAS ,Geology ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences - Abstract
The specimen described herein and assigned to ‘Xyophorus’ sp. (Mammalia, Xenarthra, Tardigrada) was collected in the locality Cerro Zeballos, northwestern Chubut Province, Argentina. The fossiliferous sediments bearing the specimen are correlated with Collón Curá Formation. The specimen has the features described for other members of ‘Xyophorus’ (e.g. shape and size of the molariforms, relationship between diastema length, m1 and m2 length) and has a Diastema Length/Tooth Row Length index (DL/TRL index) of ca. 14, between that of ‘X.’ villarroeli (12.07) from the Mauri Formation, Bolivia (ca. 10.3 Ma) and that of ‘X.’ bondesioi (16.45) from Arroyo Chasicó Formation, Argentina (ca. 10–8.7 Ma). The relationship between DL/TRL index and age of the bearing sediments, would suggest a Tortonian age (late Miocene) for the deposits of Collón Curá Formation at Cerro Zeballos, which results in a ‘younger age’ compared to the middle Miocene age traditionally accepted for the Collón Curá Formation bearing the Colloncuran fauna sensu stricto. Although no absolute ages for Cerro Zeballos are available yet, the geographic proximity of Cerro Zeballos to Cushamen River (with levels dated at ca. 11.2 Ma) supports the tentative Tortonian age indicated by the presence of ‘Xyophorus’ sp. Fil: Brandoni, Diego. Provincia de Entre Ríos. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción. Universidad Autónoma de Entre Ríos. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Santa Fe. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción; Argentina Fil: Gonzalez Ruiz, Laureano Raul. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Norte. Centro de Investigación Esquel de Montaña y Estepa Patagóica. Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia ; Argentina Fil: Reato, Agustina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Norte. Centro de Investigación Esquel de Montaña y Estepa Patagóica. Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia ; Argentina Fil: Martin, Gabriel Mario. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Norte. Centro de Investigación Esquel de Montaña y Estepa Patagóica. Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia ; Argentina
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15. First record of Nematherium (Xenarthra, Mylodontidae) from the Pinturas Formation (Burdigalian, early Miocene), Santa Cruz Province, Argentina
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Juliana Tarquini, Marcelo F. Tejedor, Diego Brandoni, and Nelson Martin Novo
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010506 paleontology ,biology ,GUIDE FOSSIL ,Geology ,Xenarthra ,010502 geochemistry & geophysics ,biology.organism_classification ,01 natural sciences ,Nematherium ,Paleontología ,TARDIGRADA ,Ciencias de la Tierra y relacionadas con el Medio Ambiente ,PATAGONIA ,Mylodontidae ,FOLIVORA ,Humanities ,CIENCIAS NATURALES Y EXACTAS ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences ,Earth-Surface Processes - Abstract
The Pinturas Formation (Burdigalian, early Miocene) crops out at several localities in the upper valley of the Pinturas river and its tributaries, northwestern Santa Cruz Province, Argentina. It is divided into three sequences (lower, middle, and upper) and the recorded fauna mainly consists of mammals, especially rodents, native ungulates, primates, and xenarthrans (cingulates and ground sloths). A primitive member of the Mylodontidae (Xenarthra, Folivora), Nematherium was described by Ameghino and includes the multiple described species such as N. angulatum, and N. birdi. The aim of this contribution is to present the first record of Nematherium recovered from different localities within the middle sequence of the Pinturas Formation. The morphology and size of the specimens herein presented are similar to that of Nematherium. In the skull, the tooth row diverges anteriorly and the palate is flat ahead of M3 and markedly convex behind the M3; the shape of the m1–m3 is similar to that of other species; although differences are related to the shape of the m4. The similarities and differences allow referring specimens from the Pinturas Formation to Nematherium sp. In addition to the record from the Pinturas Formation, Nematherium was recorded during the Burdigalian Stage/Age (early Miocene) at several localities of the Santa Cruz Formation, the upper levels of Sarmiento Formation (Argentina), and from the Cura-Mallín and Palomares formations (Chile). Nematherium is a guide fossil for the Burdigalian Stage/Age of the south of South America. Fil: Brandoni, Diego. Provincia de Entre Ríos. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción. Universidad Autónoma de Entre Ríos. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Santa Fe. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción; Argentina Fil: Novo, Nelson Martin. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Centro Nacional Patagónico. Instituto Patagónico de Geología y Paleontología; Argentina Fil: Tarquini, Juliana. Provincia de Entre Ríos. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción. Universidad Autónoma de Entre Ríos. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Santa Fe. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción; Argentina Fil: Tejedor, Marcelo Fabian. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Centro Nacional Patagónico. Instituto Patagónico de Geología y Paleontología; Argentina
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- 2019
16. Evolutive Implications of Megathericulus patagonicus (Xenarthra, Megatheriinae) from the Miocene of Patagonia Argentina
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Laureano Raul Gonzalez Ruiz, Joaquin Bucher, and Diego Brandoni
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0106 biological sciences ,010506 paleontology ,biology ,Otras Ciencias Naturales y Exactas ,Xenarthra ,biology.organism_classification ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,ASTRAGALUS ,TARDIGRADA ,Geography ,DENTARY ,FOLIVORA ,Humanities ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,MEGATHERICULUS PRIMAEVUS ,CIENCIAS NATURALES Y EXACTAS ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences - Abstract
In this contribution we describe a partial dentary with teeth and an astragalus referred to the ancient megatheriine Megathericulus patagonicus Ameghino, 1904 (Xenarthra, Tardigrada) recovered from the Collón Curá Formation (Miocene) at Chubut Province, Argentina. Referral of the new specimens is based on metric and morphological similarities with the holotype and specimens that have been referred to this species. Shared features include: 1) overall size, smaller than other Megatheriinae such Eomegatherium Kraglievich, 1926, Pliomegatherium Kraglievich, 1930, and Pyramiodontherium (Rovereto, 1914); 2) shape of the molariforms, molariforms mesiodistally compressed and rectangular in outline; 3) Hypsodonty Index close to 100; 4) position of the navicular facet, two-thirds of the navicular facet projects dorsal to the discoid facet; 5); shape of the ventral portion of the fibular facet, the ventral portion has subtriangular outline and contacts the ectal facet; 6) in the astragalus, presence of a sesamoid facet. Considering the large intraspecific differences exhibited in Megatheriinae, the similarities and few differences between Megathericulus primaevus Cabrera, 1939, and M. patagonicus allow us to consider M. primaevus as a junior synonym of M. patagonicus. The presence of Megathericulus and ‘Xyophorus’ Ameghino, 1887 (Mammalia, Xenarthra, Nothrotheriinae) in some distant paleofauna associations (Cerro Zeballos, Argentina, and Quebrada Honda, Bolivia) would suggest a similar path of dispersion and paleoenvironment requirements of both taxa. The presence of these two genera in mentioned localities supports that the Quebrada Honda fauna as a whole is more similar to the asynchronous high-latitude faunas from Patagonia than to contemporary La Venta Fauna (Colombia). Fil: Brandoni, Diego. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Provincia de Entre Ríos. Universidad Autónoma de Entre Ríos. Centro Científico Tecnológico Santa Fe. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción. Laboratorio de Paleotología de Vertebrados; Argentina Fil: Gonzalez Ruiz, Laureano Raul. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet-Patagonia Norte. Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia San Juan Bosco. Centro de Investigación Esquel de Montaña y Estepa Patagónica; Argentina Fil: Bucher, Joaquin. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata. Centro de Investigaciones Geológicas. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. Centro de Investigaciones Geológicas; Argentina
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17. A new record of Megatherium (Folivora, Megatheriidae) in the late Pliocene of the Pampean region (Argentina)
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Federico Ignacio Isla, Mariano Magnussen, Daniel Boh, Federico L. Agnolin, Francisco De Cianni, Diego Brandoni, and Nicolás Roberto Chimento
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Megatheriidae ,010506 paleontology ,biology ,Pleistocene ,Geology ,010502 geochemistry & geophysics ,biology.organism_classification ,01 natural sciences ,Archaeology ,Genus ,Megatherium ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences ,Earth-Surface Processes - Abstract
The genus Megatherium includes nearly ten species that are distributed along the Pleistocene of South America. In contrast with the abundant and geographically widespread Pleistocene record, remains of Pliocene Megatherium are restricted to a single and poorly known species from the highlands of Peru. The aim of the present contribution is to describe a skull referable to the genus Megatherium coming from Late Pliocene beds at the San Eduardo del Mar locality, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. This constitutes the first undoubted record of Megatherium from the Pliocene of Argentina, and one of the oldest records for the genus. This finding blurs previous biogeographical proposals sustaining that the genus originated in the High Andes and later dispersed to the lowlands. On the contrary, present finding, together with the record of coeval Megatherium species in the Pleistocene of the Argentine Pampas, suggests a more complex palaeobiogeographical scenario and indicates that the diversity of lowland Pliocene megatheriines is still underrepresented.
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- 2021
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18. New remains of Glyptodontidae (Mammalia, Xenarthra) from the Salicas Formation (late Miocene, Messinian), La Rioja Province, Argentina
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Laureano Raul Gonzalez Ruiz and Diego Brandoni
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Dorsum ,010506 paleontology ,Fossil Record ,biology ,Geology ,Xenarthra ,Late Miocene ,010502 geochemistry & geophysics ,biology.organism_classification ,Neogene ,01 natural sciences ,Paleontology ,Genus ,Mammal ,Holocene ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences ,Earth-Surface Processes - Abstract
In South America, glyptodonts are recorded since the late Eocene to the early Holocene. Their fossil record is represented mainly by disarticulated osteoderms during the Eocene and Oligocene, whereas more complete skeletons appeared since the early Miocene. The characters from the dorsal surface of the osteoderms (e.g., figures, foramina, sulci) are used for systematic recognition and phylogenetical relationships of Glyptodontidae. The aim of this contribution is to analyze a new collection of glyptodontid osteoderms from the Salicas Formation (late Miocene) at La Rioja Province, Argentina. The glyptodontids osteoderms herein presented are assigned to 1) Stromaphorus compressidens (CRILAR-Pv 113 and CRILAR-Pv 114) given the osteoderms have a central figure surrounded by a first row of 12–14 peripheral figures and, by a not always a complete second row of peripheral figures; and 2) Eosclerocalyptus cf. proximus (CRILAR-Pv 115) given the osteoderms have a circular to subelliptical central figure surrounded by a first row of 10 peripheral figures and by some peripheral figures located on a second row. The record of S. compressidens from Salicas Formation herein presented constitutes the first record of the species for the late Neogene of La Rioja Province; whereas the record of E. cf. proximus corroborates the presence of the genus in the Salicas Formation. The mammal assemblage recorded at the El Degolladito area suggests a latest Miocene age (Messinian) for the Salicas Formation at this locality.
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19. New vertebrates from the Late Miocene of Entre Ríos Province, Argentina: diversity, age, and paleoenvironment
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E.R. Vallone, M.G. Gottardi, M.A. Fernández Osuna, Gabriela Ines Schmidt, J.M. Diederle, Juliana Tarquini, Diego Brandoni, and Flávio Góis
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010506 paleontology ,biology ,Fauna ,Geology ,Late Miocene ,010502 geochemistry & geophysics ,biology.organism_classification ,Neogene ,01 natural sciences ,Perciformes ,Pimelodidae ,Paleontology ,Vieja ,Hydrochoerinae ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences ,Earth-Surface Processes ,Faunal assemblage - Abstract
New remains of fossil vertebrates recovered from two localities in Entre Rios Province, Argentina, are studied. The specimens were found at Toma Vieja and Arroyo Chapeton localities, where the fossiliferous Lower Member (“Mesopotamiense”, Late Miocene) of Ituzaingo Formation (Late Miocene–Pliocene) crops out. The new findings contribute to the high diversity of fossil vertebrates largely known for this unit. The specimens correspond to Perciformes indet. and Pimelodidae indet. (Pisces), Macranhinga paranensis (Aves), Scirrotherium carinatum, Brachytherium cuspidatum, Proterotheriinae indet., Hydrochoerinae indet., and cf. Prodolichotis (Mammalia). Considering the relationship between the fauna present in this unit and that from other mammal-bearing Neogene units (e.g., Arroyo Chasico, Andalhuala, Cerro Azul, and Monte Hermoso formations), the “Mesopotamiense” is a faunal combination of Chasicoan and Huayquerian taxa deposited during the end of the Tortonian or the early Messinian. From a paleoenvironmental point of view, the “Mesopotamiense” faunal assemblage is indicative of a mosaic of ecological niches developed under tropical–subtropical conditions.
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20. New remains of Nothrotheriinae (Mammalia, Xenarthra) from Late Pleistocene fluvial deposits of Northern Pampa (Santa Fe Province, Argentina)
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Raúl Ignacio Vezzosi, Diego Brandoni, Ernesto Brunetto, and Maria Cecilia Zalazar
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010506 paleontology ,Pleistocene ,Outcrop ,Stratigraphic unit ,Fluvial ,ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES ,010502 geochemistry & geophysics ,01 natural sciences ,Paleontología ,Ciencias de la Tierra y relacionadas con el Medio Ambiente ,purl.org/becyt/ford/1 [https] ,Paleontology ,purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5 [https] ,Stage (stratigraphy) ,FOLIVORA ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences ,Earth-Surface Processes ,biology ,Geology ,Xenarthra ,biology.organism_classification ,Arid ,TARDIGRADA ,CARCARAÑÁ RIVER ,Interglacial ,INTERGLACIAL CONDITIONS ,NOTHROTHERIUM ,CIENCIAS NATURALES Y EXACTAS - Abstract
In this contribution the record of a Nothrotheriinae (Xenarthra, Tardigrada) ground sloth is reported from the Late Pleistocene of the Northern Pampa of Santa Fe Province, Argentina. The stratigraphic unit where the fossil was collected corresponds to fluvial-palustrine sediments of the Timbúes Formation, outcropping along the Carcarañá River valley. The relative stratigraphic position of this lithostratigraphic unit, observed in several sections mainly on the Paraná River cliffs near Carcarañá River distal area, suggests that it was deposited during the Last Interglacial Stage. The specimen (MPAHND-135), assigned to Nothrotherium cf. torresi, is represented by the proximal two-thirds of a left femur that shows a prominent lesser trochanter and no connection between the third trochanter and the ectepicondyle. The presence of Nothrotherium cf. torresi in sediments related to humid conditions supports the idea that Nothrotheriinae had great ecological tolerance and was capable of inhabiting climates ranging from cold and arid, as was previously proposed, to warm and humid. Fil: Vezzosi, Raúl Ignacio. Provincia de Entre Ríos. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción. Universidad Autónoma de Entre Ríos. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Santa Fe. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción; Argentina Fil: Brandoni, Diego. Provincia de Entre Ríos. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción. Universidad Autónoma de Entre Ríos. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Santa Fe. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción; Argentina Fil: Brunetto, Ernesto. Provincia de Entre Ríos. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción. Universidad Autónoma de Entre Ríos. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Santa Fe. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción; Argentina Fil: Zalazar, Maria Cecilia. Universidad Nacional del Litoral; Argentina
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- 2019
21. New pleistocene remains of megatherium filholi Moreno, 1888 (Mammalia, Xenarthra) from the pampean region: Implications for the diversity of Megatheriinae of the quaternary of South America
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Nicolás Roberto Chimento, Diego Brandoni, Federico L. Agnolin, Francisco De Cianni, Denise Heliana Campo, Mariano Magnussen, and Daniel Boh
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010506 paleontology ,ARGENTINA ,Pleistocene ,biology ,Paleontology ,Xenarthra ,MEGATHERIUM FILHOLI ,010502 geochemistry & geophysics ,biology.organism_classification ,01 natural sciences ,Archaeology ,Paleontología ,MEGATHERIUM AMERICANUM ,TARDIGRADA ,Ciencias de la Tierra y relacionadas con el Medio Ambiente ,CENOZOIC ,Geography ,Megatherium ,FOLIVORA ,Quaternary ,Cenozoic ,CIENCIAS NATURALES Y EXACTAS ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences - Abstract
Recent analyses resulted in the recognition of a single species of the genus Megatherium in the pampas of Argentina. The finding of a specimen consisting on a dentary and femur from the late Pleistocene of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, indicates that a very small-sized species of the genus was present in the Pampean Region. This allows revalidating the taxon Megatherium filholi, previously considered as a junior synonym of another taxon. Megatherium filholi appears to be allied to Megatherium species of the “Andean clade”. This, together with finding of additional small-sized megatheriines in the Argentine pampas, suggests a complex palaeobiogeographical scenario and indicates that the diversity of megatheriines at the pampas may be underrepresented. Fil: Agnolin, Federico. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Parque Centenario. Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “Bernardino Rivadavia”; Argentina. Fundación de Historia Natural Félix de Azara; Argentina. Universidad Maimónides; Argentina Fil: Chimento, Nicolás Roberto. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Parque Centenario. Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “Bernardino Rivadavia”; Argentina Fil: Brandoni, Diego. Provincia de Entre Ríos. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción. Universidad Autónoma de Entre Ríos. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Santa Fe. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción; Argentina Fil: Boh, Daniel. Museo Municipal Punta Hermengo; Argentina Fil: Campo, Denise Heliana. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Parque Centenario. Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “Bernardino Rivadavia”; Argentina Fil: Magnussen, Mariano. Museo Municipal Punta Hermengo; Argentina Fil: De Cianni, Francisco. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Parque Centenario. Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “Bernardino Rivadavia”; Argentina
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- 2018
22. A new Megatheriinae skull (Xenarthra, Tardigrada) from the pliocene of northern Venezuela : Implications for a giant sloth dispersal to central and North America
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Rodolfo Sánchez, Alfredo Armando Carlini, Diego Brandoni, and Marcelo R. Sánchez Villagra
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0106 biological sciences ,010506 paleontology ,Biogeography ,Tardigrada ,Oceanography ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,Paleontología ,Ciencias de la Tierra y relacionadas con el Medio Ambiente ,purl.org/becyt/ford/1 [https] ,purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5 [https] ,Sexual dimorphism ,biology.animal ,medicine ,Ciencias Naturales ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences ,Urumaco ,biology ,Cenozoic ,Xenarthra ,Sloth ,biology.organism_classification ,Archaeology ,Skull ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Geography ,Eremotherium ,Biological dispersal ,Anatomy ,Proeremotherium ,CIENCIAS NATURALES Y EXACTAS - Abstract
A skull of a ground sloth from the Pliocene San Gregorio Formation documents a northern neotropical occurrence of a megatheriine that addresses issues on intraspecific variation and biogeography. The new specimen is broadly similar in size and morphology to that of Proeremotherium eljebe from the underlying Codore Formation in the Urumaco Sequence, differing in several features such as a longer basicranial area and a more posteriorly projected basioccipital between the condyles. The living sloths species of Bradypus and Choloepus do not have unequivocal anatomical features that indicate sexual dimorphism. Nevertheless, fossil sloths may have shown such dimorphism, and speculations on this subject are part of the considerations that can be made when allocating fragmentary fossils (e.g., in the new skull the presence of a long sagittal crest could indicate a male individual and the absence of an extended crest in Proeremotherium eljebe a female one). We speculate that as early as the late middle Miocene, two main lines of Megatheriinae had clearly separated in two geographic areas, one in the rising Andean area and one at low latitudes on the lowlands of central and northern South America., Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo
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23. New Remains of Megathericulus patagonicus Ameghino, 1904 (Xenarthra, Tardigrada) from the Serravallian (Middle Miocene) of Bolivia; Chronological and Biogeographical Implications
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Diego Brandoni, Federico Anaya, Alfredo Armando Carlini, Darin A. Croft, and Phil Gans
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0106 biological sciences ,010506 paleontology ,U-Pb dating ,Ground sloths ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,Paleontology ,40Ar/39Ar dating ,Apex (mollusc) ,medicine ,Ciencias Naturales ,Humerus ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,Megatheriinae ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences ,biology ,Rostrum ,Holotype ,Xenarthra ,Anatomy ,South America ,biology.organism_classification ,Skull ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Maxilla ,Folivora ,Crest ,Geology - Abstract
In this contribution, we describe new remains (skull and humeri) of the Megatheriinae Megathericulus patagonicus Ameghino, 1904, recovered from the middle Miocene fossiliferous locality of Quebrada Honda, Bolivia. We also discuss the taxonomic, biogeographical, and chronological relevance of this discovery. Referral of the new specimens described here to Megathericulus patagonicus is based on metric and morphological similarities with the holotype and a humerus that has been referred to this species. Shared features include: 1) molariforms that are mesiodistally compressed and rectangular in outline; 2) a relatively less compressed M1 with labial and lingual margins that converge slightly mesially; 3) a very long premolariform portion of the maxillae (rostrum); 4) anteriorly divergent lateral edges of the maxillae; 5) a prominent, median V-shaped notch (apex posterior) between the articular surfaces of the maxillae and premaxillae; and 6) a long, gracile humerus with a prominent anterolaterally positioned deltopectoral crest on the anterior surface and a clearly evident lateral musculo-spiral channel. Precise geographic and stratigraphic data exist for the described remains, which are closely associated with a tuff dated at 12.2–12.5 Ma (Serravallian, middle Miocene), making it the first accurately dated specimen referred to Megathericulus Ameghino, 1904., Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo
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- 2017
24. Juvenile Glyptodont (Mammalia, Cingulata) from the Miocene of Patagonia, Argentina: Insights into Mandibular and Dental Characters
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Alfredo Eduardo Zurita, Diego Brandoni, Adan A. Tauber, Jeremy L. Green, Marcelo F. Tejedor, Nelson Martin Novo, and Laureano Raul Gonzalez Ruiz
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0106 biological sciences ,010506 paleontology ,Paleontology ,Zoology ,Xenarthra ,XENARTHRA ,Biology ,Neogene ,biology.organism_classification ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,Paleontología ,Ciencias de la Tierra y relacionadas con el Medio Ambiente ,Glyptodont ,purl.org/becyt/ford/1 [https] ,purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5 [https] ,Cingulata ,NEOGENE ,TOMOGRAPHY ,SOUTH AMERICA ,Juvenile ,CIENCIAS NATURALES Y EXACTAS ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences - Abstract
The earliest complete glyptodonts (Glyptodontidae, Cingulata) found belong to the Propalaehoplophorinae from Santa Cruz Formation (late early Miocene, Burdigalian) in Patagonia, Argentina. Although several skulls and mandibles have been described from this formation, and assigned to five genera (Propalaehoplophorus Ameghino, Cochlops Ameghino, Asterostemma Ameghino, Eucinepeltus Ameghino, and Metopotoxus Ameghino), the fossil record and knowledge of juvenile specimens of glyptodonts are still poor. Here, we provide a detailed morphological description of a mandible of a juvenile propalaehoplophorinae glyptodont from the Santa Cruz Formation, using micro-computed tomography and scanning electron microscopy images. We compare the juvenile mandible with adult specimens and discuss the taxonomic assignment, the juvenile and adult mandibular and dental characters, and dental eruption and tooth wear. Fil: Gonzalez Ruiz, Laureano Raul. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Norte. Centro de Investigación Esquel de Montaña y Estepa Patagóica. Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia "San Juan Bosco". Facultad de Ciencias Naturales - Sede Esquel. Centro de Investigación Esquel de Montaña y Estepa Patagónica; Argentina Fil: Brandoni, Diego. Provincia de Entre Ríos. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción. Universidad Autónoma de Entre Ríos. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Santa Fe. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción; Argentina Fil: Zurita, Alfredo Eduardo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Nordeste. Centro de Ecología Aplicada del Litoral. Universidad Nacional del Nordeste. Centro de Ecología Aplicada del Litoral; Argentina Fil: Green, Jeremy. University Of Kent; Reino Unido Fil: Novo, Nelson Martin. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Centro Nacional Patagónico. Instituto Patagónico de Geología y Paleontología; Argentina Fil: Tauber, Adan Alejo. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba; Argentina Fil: Tejedor, Marcelo Fabian. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Centro Nacional Patagónico. Instituto Patagónico de Geología y Paleontología; Argentina
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25. Phylogenetic analysis of the Panochthini (Xenarthra, Glyptodontidae), with remarks on their temporal distribution
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Diego Brandoni and Martín Zamorano
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Nopachtus ,Panochthus ,biology ,Phylogenetic tree ,Glyptodontids ,Ecology ,Glyptodon ,Paleontology ,Zoology ,Xenarthra ,South America ,Hoplophorus ,biology.organism_classification ,Tribe (biology) ,Paleontología ,Ciencias de la Tierra y relacionadas con el Medio Ambiente ,Quaternary ,Monophyly ,Propanochthus ,Neogene ,Carapace ,CIENCIAS NATURALES Y EXACTAS ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics - Abstract
To test the monophyly of Panochthini, a phylogenetic analysis including all the species traditionally referred to the tribe was conducted. The matrix included 16 species of Glyptodontidae and 35 characters, from which 14 correspond to the skull, four to the dentition, two to the cephalic armour, nine to the dorsal carapace and six to the caudal sheath. Propalaehoplophorus australis (Propalaehoplophorinae) was used to root the trees. Four most parsimonious trees were obtained (Tree Length = 75, CI = 0.65, RI = 0.70). The strict consensus tree (Tree Length = 77, CI = 0.64, RI = 0.68) has the following topology: Propalaehoplophorus australis (Glyptodon reticulatus (Hoplophorus euphractus (Panochthus jaguaribensis, P. intermedius (P. frenzelianus, P. tuberculatus (P. subintemedius, P. greslebini)))) ((Pseudoplohophorus absolutus, Plohophorus figuratus) (Nopachtus cabrerai, N. coagmentatus, Propanochthus bullifer, Stromaphorus compressidens, Phlyctaenopyga ameghini))). The results indicate that: 1, Panochthini is not a natural group but polyphyletic; 2, Panochthus is monophyletic and, concordant with recent proposals, Hoplophorus euphractus is its sister group; and 3, Nopachtus and Propanochthus are more closely related to species traditionally referred to ‘Plohophorini’ than to Panochthus. Nopachtus and Propanochthus, as the ‘Plohophorini’, are recorded from the latest part of the Neogene, whereas Panochthus and Hoplophorus euphractus are restricted to the Quaternary. Fil: Zamorano, Martín. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. Departamento Científico de Paleontología de Vertebrados; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina Fil: Brandoni, Diego. Provincia de Entre Ríos. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción. Universidad Autónoma de Entre Ríos. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Santa Fe. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción; Argentina
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26. Anisodontheriumfrom the Late Miocene of North-Western Argentina
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Jaime Eduardo Powell, Diego Brandoni, and Osvaldo E. González
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Megatheriidae ,biology ,Mandibular symphysis ,Mandible ,Manus ,Paleontology ,Xenarthra ,Late Miocene ,biology.organism_classification ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,medicine ,Middle Miocene disruption ,Geology ,Holocene - Abstract
The fossil record of Megatheriinae (Tardigrada, Megatheriidae) in Argentina extends from the Colloncuran (Middle Miocene of Patagonia) to the Lujanian (Late Pleistocene—Early Holocene of the Pampean region). In the Late Miocene of north-western Argentina, Megatheriinae is represented by just three species belonging to a single genus, Pyramiodontherium. Here, we describe a partial mandible and the phalanges of a third digit of the manus recovered from the Saladillo Formation (Upper Miocene) of Tucuman Province, and assign them to Anisodontherium sp. Anisodontherium is primarily characterized by mesiodistally compressed molariforms, an anterior margin of the coronoid process located posterior to m4, and a posterior margin of the mandibular symphysis located anterior to m1. While these features can also be observed in A. halmyronomum from the Arroyo Chasico Formation (Buenos Aires Province, Pampean region), Anisodontherium sp. is smaller and more slender than the former. The shape of each molariform of Aniso...
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27. Mylodon darwiniOwen (Xenarthra, Mylodontinae) from the Late Pleistocene of Mesopotamia, Argentina, with remarks on individual variability, paleobiology, paleobiogeography, and paleoenvironment
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Diego Brandoni, Ernesto Brunetto, and Brenda Soledad Ferrero
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MESOPOTAMIA - ARGENTINA ,biology ,Pleistocene ,Mesopotamia ,Paleobiology ,PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY ,PALEOENVIRONMENT ,Paleontology ,Zoology ,Xenarthra ,Late Miocene ,Mylodon ,MYLODON DARWINI OWEN ,PALEOBIOLOGY ,biology.organism_classification ,Lestodon ,Paleontología ,Ciencias de la Tierra y relacionadas con el Medio Ambiente ,Glossotherium ,LATE PLEISTOCENE ,Geography ,CIENCIAS NATURALES Y EXACTAS - Abstract
The subfamily Mylodontinae, typified by Mylodon, is known from the Colloncuran (late Miocene of Patagonia, Argentina) to the late Pleistocene of South America and North America. Mylodontinae have been recorded during the Pleistocene of Argentina, including the genera Glossotherium, Paraglossotherium, Lestodon, and Mylodon, with Paraglossotherium and Mylodon not as well known as the other genera. In Argentina there have been traditionally four species of Mylodon, M. darwini, M. zeballozi, M. listai, and M. insigne, although the validity of some has been considered doubtful. A nearly complete skull with an associated mandible of Mylodon darwini from the late Pleistocene of Mesopotamia, Argentina, is described. The specimen represents the first record of the species in the Mesopotamian region. The morphometric analysis indicates that M. darwini had greater individual variability than previously thought. Although based on the results of the morphologic and morphometric analysis, the idea of sexual dimorphism for M. darwini is, for the time being, unwarranted. This new record also supports the idea that Mylodon had great ecological tolerance and was capable of inhabiting climates ranging from cold and arid to warm and humid, and even montane environments. Fil: Brandoni, Diego. Provincia de Entre Ríos. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción. Universidad Autónoma de Entre Ríos. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Santa Fe. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción; Argentina Fil: Ferrero, Brenda Soledad. Provincia de Entre Ríos. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción. Universidad Autónoma de Entre Ríos. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Santa Fe. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción; Argentina Fil: Brunetto, Ernesto. Provincia de Entre Ríos. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción. Universidad Autónoma de Entre Ríos. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Santa Fe. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción; Argentina
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28. On the systematics ofOrtotheriumAmeghino (Xenarthra, Tardigrada, Megalonychidae) from the ‘Conglomerado osífero’ (late Miocene) of Argentina
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Diego Brandoni
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Systematics ,ARGENTINA ,biology ,ORTOTHERIUM ,LATE MIOCENE ,DIVERSITY ,Tardigrada ,Paleontology ,Zoology ,Xenarthra ,Late Miocene ,biology.organism_classification ,Paleontología ,Megalonychidae ,Ciencias de la Tierra y relacionadas con el Medio Ambiente ,MEGALONYCHDAE ,CIENCIAS NATURALES Y EXACTAS - Abstract
Fil: Brandoni, Diego. Provincia de Entre Ríos. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción. Universidad Autónoma de Entre Ríos. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Santa Fe. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción; Argentina
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29. New remains ofMegathericulus patagonicusAmeghino, 1904 (Xenarthra, Megatheriidae): information on primitive features of megatheriines
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Gerardo De Iuliis, Diego Brandoni, and Gustavo Juan Scillato-Yané
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Megatheriidae ,Paleontology ,biology ,Megatherium ,Type specimen ,Xenarthra ,Radiometric dating ,biology.organism_classification ,Geology ,South American land mammal age - Abstract
New remains of Megathericulus patagonicus Ameghino, 1904, the first additional material of this species found since erection of the species, are described. Two individuals from separate localities, the Cerro Guenguel and Arroyo Pedregoso localities in southern Argentina, are represented. The specimens were recovered from the Rio Mayo Fm. and are assigned to the middle Miocene Friasian South American Land Mammal Age. Radiometric dating from the Cerro Guenguel locality indicates an age somewhat younger than 11.8 Mya. Megathericulus patagonicus is the earliest certain megatheriine and the new remains provide information on primitive megatheriine features. Among these are that lower molariforms are mesiodistally compressed, as in the palate of the type specimen; ventral margin of dentary is prominently bulged; angular process approximately in same relative position as in most megatheriines, rather than elevated as in Megatherium species; posterolateral opening of the mandibular canal on anterior edge...
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30. Mammals of the El Palmar Formation (late Pleistocene) from Entre Ríos province, Argentina
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Diego Brandoni, Brenda Soledad Ferrero, Jorge Ignacio Noriega, and Alfredo Armando Carlini
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Geography ,Pleistocene ,Paleontology ,Animal Science and Zoology ,Archaeology ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics - Published
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31. Pyramiodontherium Rovereto (Xenarthra, Tardigrada, Megatheriinae) from the Early Pliocene of San Fernando, Catamarca Province, Argentina
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Diego Brandoni and Ricardo Adolfo Bonini
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A tibia-fibula referred to Pyramiodontherium Rovereto (Xenarthra, Tardigrada, Megatheriinae) from the Zanclean Stage (Early Pliocene) of San Fernando, Catamarca Province, Argentina is described. Fil: Bonini, Ricardo Adolfo. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. División Paleontología Vertebrados; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina Fil: Brandoni, Diego. Provincia de Entre Ríos. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción. Universidad Autónoma de Entre Ríos. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Santa Fe. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción; Argentina
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- 2015
32. First record of Mylodon darwini Owen (Xenarthra, Tardigrada, Mylodontidae) from Arroyo Feliciano Formation (late Pleistocene), Entre Ríos, Argentina
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Sergio Emmanuel Favotti, Brenda Soledad Ferrero, and Diego Brandoni
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media_common.quotation_subject ,CRÁNEO ,Paleontology ,Art ,MYLODONTYNAE ,Ciencias de la Tierra y relacionadas con el Medio Ambiente ,TARDIGRADA ,PEREZOSOS ,purl.org/becyt/ford/1 [https] ,purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5 [https] ,BIOGEOGRAFÍA ,MYLODONTINAE ,AMÉRICA DEL SUR ,Meteorología y Ciencias Atmosféricas ,Humanities ,CIENCIAS NATURALES Y EXACTAS ,media_common - Abstract
In this contribution a new record of M. darwini Owen, based on an incomplete skull (MRHU-1) recovered from the Arroyo Feliciano Formation (late Pleistocene) on the Gualeguay River cliffs, nearly the city of Urdinarrain, is presented. Although the characteristic nasal arch of Mylodon darwini is not preserved at all, the morphology of the preserved portion and the presence of four maxillary lobated alveoli for the molariforms justify its assignment to this species. Based on its geographic and chronologic record, M. darwini has been associated to open environments with semiarid and cold climate (e.g. Pleistocene Pampean region and Patagonia of Argentina and Chile) as warm and humid climate (e.g. El Palmar Formation, late Pleistocene, Entre Ríos Province; late Pleistocene Arroyo Chuí, Brazil). The fi nd of M. darwini in the Arroyo Feliciano Formation is important given that it corresponds to the fi rst record of the species for the Formation and the second one for the province. Besides, the presence of M. darwini Arroyo Feliciano Formation corroborates the hypothesis that the genus inhabited in warm and humid climates. Neste trabalho damos a conhecer um novo registro de Mylodon darwini Owen, representado por um crânio incompleto (MRHU-1) encontrado nos sedimentos da Formação Arroyo Feliciano (Pleistoceno fi nal) afl orante nas barrancas do rio Gualeguay, nas proximidades da localidade de Urdinarrain, Província de Entre Ríos, Argentina. Apesar do característico arco nasal de M. darwini não estar totalmente preservado no exemplar, a morfologia da porção preservada do rostro e a presença de quatro alvéolos superiores do tipo molariforme lobulado, justifi cam sua atribuição a esta espécie. Com base no seu registro, tanto geográfi co quanto cronológico, M. darwini tem sido associado a ambientes abertos com climas semiáridos e frios (e.g. Pleistoceno da Região Pampeana e Patagônia da Argentina e do Chile) e a quentes e úmidos (e.g. Formação El Palmar, Pleistoceno fi nal, Provincia de Entre Ríos; Pleistoceno superior de Arroio Chuí, Brasil). A presença de M. darwini na Formação Arroyo Feliciano é importante, pois corresponde ao primeiro registro da espécie para esta formação e o segundo para a província. Além disso, a presença de M. darwini na Formação Arroyo Feliciano corrobora com a hipótese de que o gênero habitava ambientes de clima quente e úmido. Fil: Favotti, Sergio Emmanuel. Provincia de Entre Ríos. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción. Universidad Autónoma de Entre Ríos. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Santa Fe. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción; Argentina Fil: Ferrero, Brenda Soledad. Provincia de Entre Ríos. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción. Universidad Autónoma de Entre Ríos. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Santa Fe. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción; Argentina Fil: Brandoni, Diego. Provincia de Entre Ríos. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción. Universidad Autónoma de Entre Ríos. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Santa Fe. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción; Argentina
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33. A new genus and species of Planopinae (Xenarthra: Tardigrada) from the Miocene of Santa Cruz Province, Argentina
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Alfredo A, Carlini, Diego, Brandoni, and Carlos N, Dal Molin
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Fossils ,Museums ,Skull ,Argentina ,Tardigrada ,Animals - Abstract
Prepoplanops boleadorensis, a new genus and species of Planopinae (Xenarthra, Tardigrada), is described herein. The new taxon is based on a nearly complete specimen recovered from the Cerro Boleadoras Formation (Miocene, Rio Zeballos Group), in northwestern Santa Cruz Province, Argentina. The shape and length of the predentary region of the skull and the length of the diastema of Prepoplanops boleadorensis differ from those present in the species of Planops. The posterolateral opening of the mandibular canal and the position of the posterior margin of the mandibular symphysis differ from those of species of Prepotherium. In addition, Prepoplanops boleadorensis differs from Planops martini in the size of the humeral tuberosities, the development of the deltoid crest, the position of the distal margin of the humeral trochlea, the shape and position of the olecranon, the development of the femoral epicondyles, and the shape of the medial margins of the patellar trochlea and medial condyle. On the other hand, it differs from Prepotherium potens in the shape of the medial margin of the medial condyle. The recognition of Prepoplanops boleadorensis increases the diversity of Planopinae for the Miocene of Patagonia, Argentina.
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34. An enigmatic nothrotheriinae (Xenarthra, Tardigrada) from the Pleistocene of Argentina
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Diego Brandoni and H. Gregory McDonald
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GROUND SLOTHS ,Historia y Arqueología ,NORTH AMERICA ,biology ,Pleistocene ,Nothrotheriops ,Tardigrada ,Paleontology ,Zoology ,Xenarthra ,Nothropus ,Nothrotheriidae ,NOTHROTHERIIDAE ,FEMUR ,biology.organism_classification ,Historia ,HUMANIDADES ,DENTARY ,Genus ,South american ,SOUTH AMERICA ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics - Abstract
The aim of this contribution is to describe two femora (MACN Pv 14148 and MACN Pv 14149 ) recovered from the Pleistocene of Santa Fe Province Argentina, provided a taxonomic assignation for them, and to discuss some taxonomic and biogeographical aspects of these finds. The general morphology of the femora more closely resembles the femur of Nothrotheriops (Xenarthra, Tardigrada, Nothrotheriidae) than any of the other known South American late Pleistocene nothrotheriine. Although a bit larger, both specimens are also more similar in size to those of Nothrotheriops shastensis and share several features with this species. Based on their morphology the femora could be referred to Nothrotheriops, a genus exclusively recorded from the Pleistocene of North America, making this the first record of the genus outside of its known geographical distribution. However an alternative hypothesis is also plausible: the assignation of MACN Pv 14148 and MACN Pv 14149 to other Nothrotheriinae, e.g., Nothropus, which was recorded from the same beds of the femora but was determined on a mandibular fragment. Pending the discovery of associated skeletal material we are left we three possible options which cannot be resolved at this time: 1) the femora may be from Nothropus since the femur for that genus is unknown; 2) they may go with N. carcaranensis which is not Nothropus but we are not sure to what genus the type mandible should be assigned; or 3) they may in fact be from Nothrotheriops and thus the first evidence for the genus in South America. Fil: Brandoni, Diego. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. Departamento Científico de Paleontología de Vertebrados; Argentina. Provincia de Entre Ríos. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción. Universidad Autónoma de Entre Ríos. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Santa Fe. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción; Argentina Fil: McDonald, H. Gregory. National Park Service. Museum Management Program; Estados Unidos
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- 2015
35. Pyramiodontherium Rovereto (Xenarthra, Tardigrada, Megatheriinae) from the Early Pliocene of San Fernando, Catamarca Province, Argentina
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Ricardo Bonini and Diego Brandoni
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36. 'Xyophorus' sp. en el Mioceno Medio de Chubut: implicancias sistemáticas, biogeográficas y biocronológicas del registro de un Nothrotheriinae en el Neógeno de la Argentina
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Diego Brandoni
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Mandibular symphysis ,biology ,CRONOLOGÍA ,Otras Ciencias Naturales y Exactas ,NEÓGENO ,Paleontology ,Mandibular canal ,Xenarthra ,Anatomy ,Lateral side ,biology.organism_classification ,Neogene ,TARDIGRADA ,Posterior margin ,Coronoid process ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,medicine ,AMÉRICA DEL SUR ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,Geology ,CIENCIAS NATURALES Y EXACTAS - Abstract
Xyophorus Ameghino fue descripto sobre fragmentos mandibulares de Xyophorus rostratus Ameghino procedentes del MiocenoTemprano de Patagonia. El ejemplar aquí descripto fue colectado en la localidad de "El Petiso", ubicada al noroeste de la Provincia de Chubut,en sedimentos referidos al Mioceno Medio y está representado por un fragmento de mandíbula que se caracteriza por: (1) el margen posterior de la sínfisis mandibular se ubica por delante del plano del caniniforme; (2) la abertura posterior del canal mandibular se ubica sobre la cara lateral del proceso coronoideo y cerca del nivel de la superficie oclusal; (3) las superficies oclusales de los molariformes presentan dos crestas separadas por un marcado valle en "V"; y (4) los molariformes 1-2 presentan surcos verticales en sus caras labial y lingual, y el molariforme 3 un surco en la labial. Las características presentes en este ejemplar y en las especies aquí referidas a "Xyophorus" bondesioi Scillato-Yané y "Xyophorus" villarroeli Saint-André permiten diferenciarlas de las especies del género Xyophorus (e.g., X. andinus Ameghino, X. atlanticus Ameghino, X. crassissimus Ameghino), por lo cual se justificaría la determinación de un nuevo género para agruparlas y su asignación a Nothrotheriinae. El registro de "Xyophorus" sp. en el Mioceno Medio de la Provincia de Chubut representa el registro más antiguo y más austral de Nothrotheriinae en Argentina, en tanto que el registro de "Xyophorus" cf. bondesioi procedente de la localidad de Cerdas, en Bolivia, correspondería al más antiguo de la subfamilia. Xyophorus Ameghino fue descripto sobre fragmentos mandibulares de Xyophorus rostratus Ameghino procedentes del Mioceno Temprano de Patagonia. El ejemplar aquí descripto fue colectado en la localidad de “El Petiso”, ubicada al noroeste de la Provincia de Chubut, en sedimentos referidos al Mioceno Medio y está representado por un fragmento de mandíbula que se caracteriza por: (1) el margen posterior de la sínfisis mandibular se ubica por delante del plano del caniniforme; (2) la abertura posterior del canal mandibular se ubica sobre la cara lateral del proceso coronoideo y cerca del nivel de la superficie oclusal; (3) las superficies oclusales de los molariformes presentan dos crestas separadas por un marcado valle en “V”; y (4) los molariformes 1–2 presentan surcos verticales en sus caras labial y lingual, y el molariforme 3 un surco en la labial. Las características presentes en este ejemplar y en las especies aquí referidas a “Xyophorus” bondesioi Scillato-Yané y “Xyophorus” villarroeli Saint-André permiten diferenciarlas de las especies del género Xyophorus (e.g., X. andinus Ameghino, X. atlanticus Ameghino, X. crassissimus Ameghino), por lo cual se justificaría la determinación de un nuevo género para agruparlas y su asignación a Nothrotheriinae. El registro de “Xyophorus” sp. en el Mioceno Medio de la Provincia de Chubut representa el registro más antiguo y más austral de Nothrotheriinae en Argentina, en tanto que el registro de “Xyophorus” cf. bondesioi procedente de la localidad de Cerdas, en Bolivia, correspondería al más antiguo de la subfamilia. Fil: Brandoni, Diego. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción; Argentina
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37. New mammal faunal data from Cerdas, Bolivia, a middle-latitude Neotropical site that chronicles the end of the Middle Miocene Climatic Optimum in South America
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Nicholas E. Drew, Russell K. Engelman, Martín Ricardo Ciancio, Federico Anaya, Diego Brandoni, Darin A. Croft, and Alfredo Armando Carlini
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Megatheriidae ,010506 paleontology ,Subfamily ,Basicranium ,biology ,Ecology ,SERRAVALLIAN ,DIVERSITY ,Holocene climatic optimum ,Paleontology ,Sloth ,010502 geochemistry & geophysics ,biology.organism_classification ,01 natural sciences ,Paleontología ,Ciencias de la Tierra y relacionadas con el Medio Ambiente ,CENOZOIC ,Mandible (arthropod mouthpart) ,biology.animal ,SOUTH AMERICA ,Mammal ,Cenozoic ,CIENCIAS NATURALES Y EXACTAS ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences - Abstract
We provide new and revised identifications of mammals from the early middle Miocene (Langhian age, Colloncuran South American Land Mammal Age [SALMA]) of Cerdas, Bolivia. We also formally name a new typothere notoungulate, Hegetotherium cerdasensis, sp. nov., that can be distinguished by the absence of an external talonid sulcus on m3 and its small size (15–25% smaller than Hegetotherium mirabile). We refer several typothere specimens from Nazareno, Bolivia, to H. cerdasensis, which suggests that the two sites are of similar age. We report the first sparassodont and astrapothere remains from Cerdas. Sparassodont remains include an associated basicranium and mostly complete mandible; the species appears to represent a new, small-bodied borhyaenoid. Astrapothere remains consist of many tooth fragments from a new species of the subfamily Uruguaytheriinae. A partial sloth dentary from Cerdas likely pertains to the subfamily Megatheriinae and is the first report of the family Megatheriidae from the site. A newly discovered peltephilid armadillo specimen includes a partial articulated carapace that supports recognition of the Cerdas taxon as a new species. The two dasypodids of Cerdas (one Euphractini, one Eutatini) represent two new species closely related to undescribed species from the late middle Miocene (Serravallian age, Laventan SALMA) of Quebrada Honda, Bolivia. The mammals of Cerdas indicate that (1) the middle latitudes (southern tropics) contributed significantly to the diversity of Miocene mammal communities in South America; and (2) the Middle Miocene Climatic Optimum was a key factor in the differentiation of South American mammal assemblages. Citation for this article: Croft, D. A., A. A. Carlini, M. R. Ciancio, D. Brandoni, N. E. Drew, R. K. Engelman, and F. Anaya. 2016. New mammal faunal data from Cerdas, Bolivia, a middle-latitude Neotropical site that chronicles the end of the Middle Miocene Climatic Optimum in South America. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2016.1163574. Fil: Croft, Darin A.. Case Western Reserve University; Estados Unidos Fil: Carlini, Alfredo Armando. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. División Paleontología Vertebrados; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina Fil: Ciancio, Martin Ricardo. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. División Paleontología Vertebrados; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina Fil: Brandoni, Diego. Provincia de Entre Ríos. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción. Universidad Autónoma de Entre Ríos. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Santa Fe. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción; Argentina Fil: Drew, Nicholas E.. Case Western Reserve University; Estados Unidos Fil: Engelman, Russell K.. Case Western Reserve University; Estados Unidos Fil: Anaya, Federico. Universidad Autónoma Tomás Frías; Bolivia
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38. Mammals from the Salicas Formation (late Miocene), La Rioja Province, northwestern Argentina: paleobiogeography, age, and paleoenvironment
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Diego Brandoni, Lucas E. Fiorelli, Ernesto Brunetto, Gabriela Ines Schmidt, Adriana Magdalena Candela, and Jorge Ignacio Noriega
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Mamíferos ,Formación Salicas ,Paleoambiente ,PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY ,Paleontology ,PALEONTOLOGIA ,Late Miocene ,Neogene ,Paleoenvironment ,Paleontología ,Ciencias de la Tierra y relacionadas con el Medio Ambiente ,Neógeno ,Salicas Formation ,Geography ,SALICAS ,Northwestern Argentina ,Paleobiogeografía ,NEOGENE ,MAMMALS ,Noroeste de Argentina ,Humanities ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,CIENCIAS NATURALES Y EXACTAS - Abstract
El objetivo de esta contribución es analizar una colección de mamíferos fósiles procedentes de la Formación Salicas en el área de El Degolladito, provincia de La Rioja, Argentina. El material aquí reportado fue recolectado en dos sitios (sitio 1 y sitio 2). Los mamíferos registrados son: Macrochorobates Scillato-Yané, Chasicotatus ScillatoYané, y Hoplophorini indet. (Xenarthra, Cingulata); Paedotherium minor Cabrera, cf Pseudotypotherium Ameghino (Notoungulata, Typotheria); Neobrachytherium Soria (Litopterna, Lopholipterna); Orthomyctera Ameghino, cf. Cardiomys Ameghino, Lagostomus (Lagostomopsis) Kraglievich, y Octodontidae indet. (Rodentia, Caviomorpha). La asociación de mamíferos presentada, junto con otra registrada previamente, tiene varios taxones en común con asociaciones de mamíferos del área central de Argentina (i.e., provincia de La Pampa). Entre aquellas del Noroeste de la Argentina, su mayor afinidad se da con las del Miembro El Jarillal (Formación Chiquimil) y la Formación Andalhuala (ambas en la provincia de Catamarca). La Formación Salicas es considerada de edad Miocena tardía hasta que nuevos registros fósiles y dataciones radioisotópicas permitan una mejor calibración. La información provista por la biota fósil y la interpretación geológica sugieren que la Formación Salicas se depositó en planicies bajo condiciones climáticas cálidas y secas. Este ambiente estuvo probablemente dominado por pastizales y áreas forestadas cercanas a ríos y lagunas. This study analyzes a collection of fossil mammals from the Salicas Formation in the El Degolladito area, La Rioja Province, Argentina. The materials reported herein were recovered from two sites (site 1 and site 2). Reported mammals are Macrochorobates ScillatoYané, Chasicotatus Scillato-Yané, and Hoplophorini indet. (Xenarthra, Cingulata); Paedotherium minor Cabrera, cf Pseudotypotherium Ameghino (Notoungulata, Typotheria); Neobrachytherium Soria (Litopterna, Lopholipterna); Orthomyctera Ameghino, cf. Cardiomys Ameghino, Lagostomus (Lagostomopsis) Kraglievich, and Octodontidae indet. (Rodentia, Caviomorpha). This new mammalian assemblage, together with one previously recorded, has several taxa in common with mammalian associations from Central Argentina (i.e., La Pampa Province). Among those coming from Northwestern Argentina, the major affinity is with the El Jarillal Member (Chiquimil Formation) and then the Andalhuala Formation (both in Catamarca Province). The Salicas Formation fauna is considered as latest Miocene in age until new fossil discoveries and radioisotopic dates allow a better calibration. The fossil biota and geological data suggest that the Salicas Formation was deposited in flatlands, under warm and dry conditions. This environment was probably dominated by open grasslands, with forested areas near rivers and lagoons. Fil: Brandoni, Diego. Provincia de Entre Ríos. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción. Universidad Autónoma de Entre Ríos. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Santa Fe. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción; Argentina Fil: Schmidt, Gabriela Ines. Provincia de Entre Ríos. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción. Universidad Autónoma de Entre Ríos. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Santa Fe. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción; Argentina Fil: Candela, Adriana Magdalena. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. División Paleontología Vertebrados; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina Fil: Noriega, Jorge Ignacio. Provincia de Entre Ríos. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción. Universidad Autónoma de Entre Ríos. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Santa Fe. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción; Argentina Fil: Brunetto, Ernesto. Provincia de Entre Ríos. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción. Universidad Autónoma de Entre Ríos. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Santa Fe. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción; Argentina Fil: Fiorelli, Lucas Ernesto. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Regional de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia Tecnológica de La Rioja. - Universidad Nacional de La Rioja. Centro Regional de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia Tecnológica de La Rioja. - Universidad Nacional de Catamarca. Centro Regional de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia Tecnológica de La Rioja. - Secretaría de Industria y Minería. Servicio Geológico Minero Argentino. Centro Regional de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia Tecnológica de La Rioja. - Provincia de La Rioja. Centro Regional de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia Tecnológica de La Rioja; Argentina
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39. Les Megalonychidae (Xenarthra, Tardigrada) du Miocène supérieur de la province de Entre Ríos, Argentine, avec commentaires sur leur systématique et biogéographie
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Diego Brandoni
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biology ,Acratocnus ,Paleontology ,Xenarthra ,Late Miocene ,Sloth ,TAXONOMY ,biology.organism_classification ,Megalonychidae ,Paleontología ,Ciencias de la Tierra y relacionadas con el Medio Ambiente ,Eutheria ,CONGLOMERADO OSÍFERO ,Space and Planetary Science ,biology.animal ,GROUND SLOTH ,Megalonyx ,MESOPOTAMIC REGION ,Geology ,CIENCIAS NATURALES Y EXACTAS ,Pliometanastes ,BIOGEOGRAPHY - Abstract
Megalonychidae are known from the Deseadan of Argentina and Bolivia to the present, represented by the tree sloth Choloepus Illiger. The principal fossil records of this clade are those from the Quaternary of Central America and the Antilles (e.g., Megalocnus Leidy, Acratocnus Anthony) and North America (e.g., Megalonyx Harlan, Pliometanastes Hirschfeld and Webb). From the Quaternary of South America, Megalonychidae are recorded in Peru (Diabolotherium Pujos, De Iuliis, Argot and Werdelin) and Brazil (e.g., Ahytherium Cartelle, De Iuliis and Pujos, Australonyx De Iuliis, Pujos and Cartelle). In Argentina they also have been recorded in the Santa Cruz Formation (early-middle Miocene) on the coast of Santa Cruz Province (Eucholaeops Ameghino), Arroyo Chasicó Formation (Protomegalonyx Kraglievich), Río Negro Formation, in the " conglomerado osífero" (ossiferous conglomerate) or " Mesopotamiense" (late Miocene) at the base of Ituzaingó Formation, Entre Ríos Province, and Pleistocene of Buenos Aires Province. Several authors have studied the Megalonychidae from the " conglomerado osífero", but no systematic revision of the group has been undertaken beyond the original naming of species. Taking into account that a broad range of individual variation has been observed in the Megalonychidae from the Pleistocene of North America and the West Indies, and that a similar range probably existed among the megalonychids from the " conglomerado osífero", then the number of valid species might be lower than previously proposed. Thus, the valid species recovered from the " conglomerado osífero" are Ortotherium laticurvatum Ameghino, Pliomorphus mutilatus Ameghino, Amphiocnus paranense Kraglievich, Protomegalonyx doellojuradoi Kraglievich, Pr. Praecursor Kraglievich, Megalonychops primigenius Kraglievich, and Paranabradys vucetichae Scillato-Yané. However, the establishment of synonymies, as well as the generic and specific assignation of the specimens is not an easy task, due to the peculiar taphonomical context of this stratigraphic unit. Les Megalonychidae sont reconnus depuis le Déséadien d’Argentine et de Bolivie et sont représentés de nos jours par le paresseux arboricole Choloepus Illiger. Les principaux registres fossiles de ce clade proviennent du Quaternaire d’Amérique centrale et des Antilles (e.g., Megalocnus Leidy, Acratocnus Anthony) ainsi que d’Amérique du Nord (e.g., Megalonyx Harlan, Pliometanastes Hirschfeld et Webb). Pour le Quaternaire sud-américain, les mégalonychidés sont signalés au Pérou (Diabolotherium Pujos, De Iuliis, Argot et Werdelin) et au Brésil (e.g, Ahytherium Cartelle, De Iuliis et Pujos, Australonyx De Iuliis, Pujos et Cartelle). En Argentine des membres de ce clade sont signalés dans la Formation Santa Cruz (Miocène inférieur et moyen) sur la côte de la Province de Santa Cruz (Eucholaeops Ameghino), dans la Formation Arroyo Chasicó (Protomegalonyx Kraglievich), dans la Formation Río Negro, dans le « conglomerado osífero » (conglomérat à ossements) et le « Mesopotamiense » (Miocène supérieur) de la base de la Formation Ituzaingó, Province de Entre Ríos, ainsi que du Pléistocène de la province de Buenos Aires. De nombreux auteurs ont étudié les mégalonychidés provenant du « conglomerado osífero » mais aucune révision systématique n’a été réalisée depuis la détermination originale des espèces. Tenant compte de l’importante variabilité individuelle observée chez les Megalonychidae d’Amérique du Nord ainsi que des Antilles, et en admettant de telles variations pour les mégalonychidés provenant du « conglomerado osífero », le nombre d’espèces valides doit être inférieur à celui proposé jusqu’à présent. Ainsi, les espèces considérées valides provenant du « conglomerado osífero » sont : Ortotherium laticurvatum Ameghino, Pliomorphus mutilatus Ameghino, Amphiocnus paranense Kraglievich, Protomegalonyx doellojuradoi Kraglievich, Pr. praecursor Kraglievich, Megalonychops primigenius Kraglievich et Paranabradys vucetichae Scillato-Yané. Il est certain que la mise en place de synonymies ainsi que la détermination générique et spécifique des spécimens est loin d’être simple à cause du contexte particulier de cette unité stratigraphique. Fil: Brandoni, Diego. Provincia de Entre Ríos. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción. Universidad Autónoma de Entre Ríos. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Santa Fe. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción; Argentina
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40. Additions to the knowledge of Urumaquia robusta (Xenarthra, Phyllophaga, Megatheriidae) from the Urumaco Formation (Late Miocene), Estado Falcön, Venezuela
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Rodolfo Sánchez, Diego Brandoni, Alfredo Armando Carlini, University of Zurich, and Carlini, A A
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Megatheriidae ,biology ,Ecology ,Postcranialelemente ,Paleontology ,Phyllophaga ,Xenarthra ,10125 Paleontological Institute and Museum ,Late Miocene ,biology.organism_classification ,Venezuela ,Archaeology ,Paleontología ,Ciencias de la Tierra y relacionadas con el Medio Ambiente ,1911 Paleontology ,560 Fossils & prehistoric life ,Postcranial bones ,Ciencias Naturales ,Urumaquia robusta ,Falcon ,computer ,Urumaco Formation ,CIENCIAS NATURALES Y EXACTAS ,Megatheriinae ,computer.programming_language - Abstract
We describe new remains of Urumaquia robusta CARLINI, BRANDONI & SÄNCHEZ, 2006, which significantly improve the knowledge of the species and allow a more precise discussion about the relationships with the rest of the South American Megatheriinae. The new remains (ulna, phalanx, femora, patella, tibia, astragalus, navicular, metatarsals IV–V) described here suggest close affinities of this taxon with the species of Pyramiodontherium and with Megatheriops rectidens, based on morphological similarities of the ulna (length, gracility), femur (general morphology, shape of the medial margin), and astragalus (angle between the discoidal and odontoid facets). In fact, the shape of femoral medial margin is a shared derived character amongUrumaquia, Pyramiodontherium and Megatheriops. However, and despite the increasing information concerning Tertiary species, their phylogenetic relationships are only partially understood., Neue Funde von Urumaquia robusta Carlini, Brandoni & Sánchez, 2006 werden vorgestellt, die erheblich zum Verständnis der Art beitragen und eine präzisere Diskussion der Verwandtschaftsverhältnisse zu anderen Vertretern der südamerikanischen Megatheriinae erlauben. Das hierin beschriebene neue Material (Ulna, Phalange, Femura, Patella, Tibia, Astragalus, Navikulare, Metatarsalia IV–V) deutet auf nähere Verwandtschaft zu den Taxa Pyramiodontherium und Megatheriops rectidens hin. Dies wird unterstützt durch morphologische Ähnlichkeit der Ulna (Länge, Grazilität), des Femurs (generelle Morphologie, Form des medialen Randes) und des Astragalus (Winkel zwischen der Diskoidal- und Odontoidfacette). Tatsächlich handelt es sich bei der Ausprägung des medialen Femurrandes um eine Synapomorphie von Urumaquia, Pyramiodontherium und Megatheriops. Allerdings sind die phylogenetischen Verwandtschaftsverhältnisse, trotz Zunahme von Informationen über tertiäre Taxa, bisher nur teilweise verstanden., Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo
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- 2008
41. A new genus for the Megatheriinae (Xenarthra, Tardigrada, Megatheriidae) from the Arroyo Chasicó Formation (Upper Miocene) of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
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Gerardo De Iuliis and Diego Brandoni
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Megatheriidae ,ARGENTINA ,biology ,Ecology ,Tardigrada ,LATE MIOCENE ,Paleontology ,Xenarthra ,Late Miocene ,SYSTEMATICS ,biology.organism_classification ,Archaeology ,Ciencias de la Tierra y relacionadas con el Medio Ambiente ,MEGATHERIINAE ,PLESIOMEGATHERIUM ,Geography ,Genus ,ANISODONTHERIUM ,Meteorología y Ciencias Atmosféricas ,CIENCIAS NATURALES Y EXACTAS ,ARROYO CHASICÓ FORMATION ,SLOTHS - Abstract
Three Plesiomegatherium species have been described: Pl. hansmeyeri ROTH, the type of the genus, apparently recovered from the Altiplanicie de Abra Pampa, Jujuy (Argentina), Pl. halmyronomum CABRERA, from the Arroyo Chasicó Formation (Buenos Aires Province, Argentina), and Pl. triangulatum RUSCONI from the "Puelchense" of Villa Ballester, Buenos Aires Province (Argentina). This report considers the generic and specific status of Pl. halmyronomum. Analysis of the morphological features available for study indicates that "Pl." halmyronomum and Pl. hansmeyeri are not congeneric, and that Plesiomegatherium is polyphyletic. As Pl. halmyronomum is not assignable to any other known genus, it is placed in the new genus Anisodontherium. Fil: Brandoni, Diego. Provincia de Entre Ríos. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción. Universidad Autónoma de Entre Ríos. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Santa Fe. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción; Argentina Fil: De Iuliis, Gerardo. George Brown College Of Applied Arts And Technology; Canadá. University of Toronto; Canadá
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42. First Megatheriines (Xenarthra, Phyllophaga, Megatheriidae) from the Urumaco (Late Miocene) and Codore (Pliocene) Formations, Estado Falcón, Venezuela
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Alfredo Armando Carlini, Diego Brandoni, and Rodolfo Sánchez
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Megatheriidae ,GROUND SLOTHS ,biology ,NEW TAXA ,Paleontology ,Phyllophaga ,Xenarthra ,Late Miocene ,biology.organism_classification ,Archaeology ,Paleontología ,Ciencias de la Tierra y relacionadas con el Medio Ambiente ,VENEZUELA ,MIO-PLIOCENE ,SOUTH AMERICA ,Falcon ,computer ,Geology ,CIENCIAS NATURALES Y EXACTAS ,computer.programming_language - Abstract
Two new genera and species of Megatheriinae are described from the Neogene of Venezuela: Urumaquia robusta gen. et sp. nov. from the Urumaco Formation (Late Miocene) and Proeremotherium eljebe gen. et sp. nov. from the Codore Formation (Pliocene). These represent only the second Tertiary record of the subfamily at low latitudes in South America. The anatomical features of Urumaquia robusta suggest that the levels of the Urumaco Formation bearing the fauna here studied may not be correlated with the Laventan SALMA, but with Chasicoan-Huayquerian SALMAs. © The Natural History Museum. Fil: Carlini, Alfredo Armando. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. Departamento Científico de Paleontología de Vertebrados; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Cienicas Naturales y Museo. Laboratorio de Anatomía Comparada; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina Fil: Brandoni, Diego. Provincia de Entre Ríos. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción. Universidad Autónoma de Entre Ríos. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Santa Fe. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción; Argentina Fil: Sanchéz, Rodolfo. Museo Paleontológico de la Alcaldía de Urumaco; Venezuela
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43. Los Megatheriinae (Xenarthra: tardigrada: megatheriidae) terciarios de Argentina : Sistemática, evolución y biogeografía
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Diego Brandoni, Scillato Yané, Gustavo Juan, and Scillato-Yané, Gustavo Juan
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Mamíferos ,Evolución ,Megaterinos ,Argentina ,Ciencias Naturales ,Xenartros ,Paleontología ,Edentados ,Terciario - Abstract
El objetivo de la presente Tesis Doctoral es realizar un estudio sistemático, filogenético y biogeográfico de los Megatheriinae registrados en el Terciario de la República Argentina. En la Argentina, la subfamilia Megatheriinae se registra desde el Colloncurense (Mioceno medio) de Patagonia, hasta el Lujanense (Pleistoceno tardío-Holoceno temprano) estando representada fundamentalmente por Megatherium americanum Cuvier, 1796, de amplia distribución en nuestro territorio. A pesar de la realización de varios trabajos recientes (e. g. Carlini et al., 2002; De Iuliis et al., 2004), los Megatheriinae terciarios (Mioceno medio-Plioceno) ofrecen un campo en buena parte inexplorado. Es evidente la existencia de una gran incertidumbre acerca de la validez de los taxones originalmente descritos, su caracterización anatómica y las relaciones filogenéticas entre éstos. Los megaterinos están bien representados en el registro paleontológico argentino, fundamentalmente en lo que respecta a taxones cuaternarios (i. e. Megatherium), pero medianamente en cuanto a aquéllos terciarios. Los principales afloramientos que han provisto restos de esta antigüedad se hallan en Patagonia (Santa Cruz, Chubut, Neuquén), Buenos Aires, Mendoza, Entre Ríos y en el Noroeste (Catamarca, La Rioja y probablemente Jujuy). También se han exhumado en sedimentitas terciarias en otras provincias (Río Negro, Santiago del Estero, Tucumán), pero en general los materiales corresponden a restos incompletos., Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo
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44. A new genus and species of Planopinae (Xenarthra: Tardigrada) from the Miocene of Santa Cruz Province, Argentina
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Diego Brandoni, Carlos N. Dal Molin, and Alfredo Armando Carlini
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biology ,Mandibular symphysis ,Diastema (plant) ,Mandibular canal ,Xenarthra ,Anatomy ,biology.organism_classification ,Neogene ,Condyle ,Predentary ,Paleontology ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Genus ,medicine ,Animal Science and Zoology ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics - Abstract
Prepoplanops boleadorensis, a new genus and species of Planopinae (Xenarthra, Tardigrada), is described herein. The new taxon is based on a nearly complete specimen recovered from the Cerro Boleadoras Formation (Miocene, Rio Zeballos Group), in northwestern Santa Cruz Province, Argentina. The shape and length of the predentary region of the skull and the length of the diastema of Prepoplanops boleadorensis differ from those present in the species of Planops. The posterolateral opening of the mandibular canal and the position of the posterior margin of the mandibular symphysis differ from those of species of Prepotherium. In addition, Prepoplanops boleadorensis differs from Planops martini in the size of the humeral tuberosities, the development of the deltoid crest, the position of the distal margin of the humeral trochlea, the shape and position of the olecranon, the development of the femoral epicondyles, and the shape of the medial margins of the patellar trochlea and medial condyle. On the other hand, it differs from Prepotherium potens in the shape of the medial margin of the medial condyle. The recognition of Prepoplanops boleadorensis increases the diversity of Planopinae for the Miocene of Patagonia, Argentina.
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45. FIRST MEGATHERIINES (XENARTHRA, PHYLLOPHAGA, MEGATHERIIDAE) FROM THE URUMACO (LATE MIOCENE) AND CODORE (PLIOCENE) FORMATIONS, ESTADO FALCÓN, VENEZUELA.
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Alfredo A. Carlini, Diego Brandoni, and Rodolfo Sánchez
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46. A review of Pliomegatherium Kraglievich, 1930 (Xenarthra: Phyllophaga: Megatheriidae)
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Diego Brandoni
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Megatheriidae ,GROUND SLOTHS ,biology ,Paleontology ,Phyllophaga ,Xenarthra ,biology.organism_classification ,TARDIGRADA ,Ciencias de la Tierra y relacionadas con el Medio Ambiente ,Geography ,NEOGENE ,Meteorología y Ciencias Atmosféricas ,Humanities ,MESOPOTAMIAN REGION ,CIENCIAS NATURALES Y EXACTAS - Abstract
Eight species of Megatheriinae have been recognized from the "Conglomerado osífero" of the Ituzaingó Formation (Upper Miocene-Pliocene) of Argentina, but the validity of some of these taxa is doubtful. The taxonomic status of one of them, Pliomegatherium, is assessed based on restudy of the original material on which the species were originally based. The morphological differences observed in the type specimens of Pliomegatherium lelongi and Pliomegatherium paranensis do not justify the specific separation, being Pliomegatherium paranensis a junior synonym of Pliomegatherium lelongi. Acht Arten von Megatheriinae wurden bisher aus dem “Conglomerado osífero” der Ituzaingó-Formation (Ober-Miozän - Pliozän) Argentiniens beschrieben, doch erscheint die Gültigkeit einiger dieser Taxa fragwürdig. Der taxonomische Status der Gattung Pliomegatherium wurde anhand des Typusmaterials der Arten nachuntersucht. Die morphologischen Unterschiede zwischen den Typusexemplaren von Pliomegatherium lelongi und Pl. paranensis lassen keine Trennung dieser Arten zu. Pl. paranensis stellt demnach ein Synonym von Pl. lelongi dar. Fil: Brandoni, Diego. Provincia de Entre Ríos. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción. Universidad Autónoma de Entre Ríos. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Santa Fe. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción; Argentina
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