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AMERICAN MUSEUM NOVITATES Number 3737, 64 pp. February 29, 2012 New leontiniid Notoungulata (Mammalia) from Chile and Argentina: comparative anatomy, character analysis, and phylogenetic hypotheses BRUCE J. SHOCKEY,1 JOHN J. FLYNN,2 DARIN A. CROFT,3 PHILLIP GANS,4 ANDRÉ R. WYSS5 ABSTRACT Herein we describe and name two new species of leontiniid notoungulates, one being the first known from Chile, the other from the Deseadan South American Land Mammal Age (SALMA) of Patagonia, Argentina. The Chilean leontiniid is from the lower horizons of the Cura-Mallín Formation (Tcm1) at Laguna del Laja in the Andean Main Range of central Chile. This new species, Colpodon antucoensis, is distinguishable from Patagonian species of Colpodon by way of its smaller I2; larger I3 and P1; sharper, V-shaped snout; and squarer upper premo- lars. The holotype came from a horizon that is constrained below and above by 40Ar/39Ar ages of 19.53 ± 0.60 and 19.25 ± 1.22, respectively, suggesting an age of roughly 19.5 Ma, or a little older (~19.8 Ma) when corrected for a revised age of the Fish Canyon Tuff standard. Either age is slightly younger than ages reported for the Colhuehuapian SALMA fauna at the Gran Bar- ranca. Taxa from the locality of the holotype of C. antucoensis are few, but they (e.g., the mylo- dontid sloth, Nematherium, and a lagostomine chinchillid) also suggest a post-Colhuehuapian 1Department of Biology, Manhattan College, New York, NY 10463; and Division of Paleontology, American Museum of Natural History. 2Division of Paleontology, and Richard Gilder Graduate School, American Museum of Natural History. -
(Mammalia, Notoungulata) with Emphases in Basicranial and Auditory Region
RESEARCH ARTICLE Cranial Morphology of the Late Oligocene Patagonian Notohippid Rhynchippus equinus Ameghino, 1897 (Mammalia, Notoungulata) with Emphases in Basicranial and Auditory Region Gastón Martínez1,2*, María Teresa Dozo1, Javier N. Gelfo3,4, Hernán Marani5 1 Instituto Patagónico de Geología y Paleontología, Centro Nacional Patagónico, CONICET, Puerto Madryn, Chubut, Argentina, 2 Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Físicas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina, 3 División Paleontología Vertebrados, Museo de la Plata, CONICET, La Plata, Buenos a11111 Aires, Argentina, 4 Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 5 Facultad de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia San Juan Bosco, Puerto Madryn, Chubut, Argentina * [email protected] OPEN ACCESS Abstract Citation: Martínez G, Dozo MT, Gelfo JN, Marani H “Notohippidae” is a probably paraphyletic family of medium sized notoungulates with com- (2016) Cranial Morphology of the Late Oligocene Patagonian Notohippid Rhynchippus equinus plete dentition and early tendency to hypsodonty. They have been recorded from early Ameghino, 1897 (Mammalia, Notoungulata) with Eocene to early Miocene, being particularly diverse by the late Oligocene. Although Emphases in Basicranial and Auditory Region. PLoS Rhynchippus equinus Ameghino is one of the most frequent notohippids in the fossil record, ONE 11(5): e0156558. doi:10.1371/journal. pone.0156558 there are scarce data about cranial -
Anatomía Y Sistemática De Los Toxodontidae (Notoungulata) De La Formación Santa Cruz, Mioceno Temprano, Argentina
Carrera del Doctorado en Ciencias Naturales Anatomía y Sistemática de los Toxodontidae (Notoungulata) de la Formación Santa Cruz, Mioceno Temprano, Argentina. Tesis doctoral por: Lic. Santiago Hernández Del Pino Dra. Ma. Esperanza Cerdeño Serrano Dr. Sergio F. Vizcaíno Directora Director TOMO II La Plata – Argentina 2018 Anatomía y Sistemática de los Toxodóntidos de Santa Cruz Capitulo V. Cuantificación del morfoespacio teórico En este capítulo se presentan los resultados obtenidos de los análisis de cuantificación del morfoespacio teórico de los Nesodontinae de la Formación Santa Cruz. El primer subcapitulo (V. 1) corresponde a un análisis exploratorio realizado a partir de medidas lineales del cráneo y la mandíbula de 110 ejemplares de nesodontinos El segundo subcapítulo corresponde al análisis realizados a partir de landmarks 3D para el cráneo de Nesodontinae (V. 2. 1) y para las especies integrantes de la subfamilia, Nesodon imbricatus (V. 2.2) y Adinotherium ovinum (V. 2.3). Cada uno de estos apartados cuenta con dos secciones; la primera, con los resultados obtenidos para los análisis sin aplicar retrodeformación, y la segunda, correspondiente a los resultados del análisis de los datos retrodeformados. Para los Nesodontinae, además, se incluye el análisis del morfoespacio para la mandíbula, que no se desarrolla en cada especie debido a que la muestra es demasiado pequeña y solo cuenta con un ejemplar de Adinotherium ovinum. También, se presenta una regresión con los resultados del ACP contra el logaritmo del tamaño del centroide para evaluar el rol del tamaño como estructurador de la variación en la forma (V. 3), un análisis de parsimonia (V. 4) para todos los ejemplares contemplados en los análisis realizados en este capítulo y una discusión de los resultados obtenidos (V. -
Un Nuevo Trachytheriinae (Mammalia,†Notoungulata) Del
Un nuevo Trachytheriinae (Mammalia, †Notoungulata) del Deseadense (Oligoceno tardío) de Patagonia, Argentina: implicancias en la filogenia, biogeografía y bioestratigrafía de los Mesotheriidae Marcelo A. Reguero Departamento Científico Paleontología Vertebrados, Museo de La Plata, Paseo del Bosque s/n, 1900, La Plata, Argentina [email protected] Paula V. Castro Subsecretaría de Cultura, Ministerio de Gobierno, Trabajo y Justicia, Roberto Jones 572, 9103 Rawson, Argentina [email protected] RESUMEN Una mandíbula incompleta de un Trachytheriinae de Edad deseadense recolectada por Carlos Ameghino en Cabeza Blanca, Provincia de Chubut, Argentina, es asignada a Anatrachytherus soria gen et sp. nov. Florentino Ameghino la ilustró, refiriéndola a Trachytherus spegazzinianus Ameghino, un taxón característico de la Edad deseadense (Oligoceno tardío) de Argentina y Bolivia. Algunas características de A. soriai, e.g., cuerpo mandibular más corto, i1-2 poco procumbentes, fórmula dentaria más completa, corto diastema entre i2 y canino y m3 más corto que el m2, sugieren que se trata de un taxón más primitivo que T. spegazzinianus. El análisis filogenético sobre la base de 39 caracteres craneanos y dentarios sustenta la monofilia de esta especie, con una sola sinapomorfía, y una relación próxima de grupo hermano con Trachytherus. El análisis de parsimonia también sugiere que Mesotheriidae es el clado que contiene el ancestro común más reciente con Trachytherus? mendocensis, Anatrachytherus y Trachytherus y todos sus descendien- tes incluyendo a Mesotheriinae. La ausencia de mesotéridos en las SALMAs ('South American Land Mammal Age') Colhuehuapense y Santacrucense en Patagonia y las relaciones estratigráficas y filogenéticas de los Mesotheriinae, sugieren que el Altiplano chileno y boliviano habría actuado biogeográficamente como centro de origen y dispersión de los Mesotheriinae (clado hipselodonte). -
A Survey of Cenozoic Mammal Baramins
The Proceedings of the International Conference on Creationism Volume 8 Print Reference: Pages 217-221 Article 43 2018 A Survey of Cenozoic Mammal Baramins C Thompson Core Academy of Science Todd Charles Wood Core Academy of Science Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.cedarville.edu/icc_proceedings DigitalCommons@Cedarville provides a publication platform for fully open access journals, which means that all articles are available on the Internet to all users immediately upon publication. However, the opinions and sentiments expressed by the authors of articles published in our journals do not necessarily indicate the endorsement or reflect the views of DigitalCommons@Cedarville, the Centennial Library, or Cedarville University and its employees. The authors are solely responsible for the content of their work. Please address questions to [email protected]. Browse the contents of this volume of The Proceedings of the International Conference on Creationism. Recommended Citation Thompson, C., and T.C. Wood. 2018. A survey of Cenozic mammal baramins. In Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Creationism, ed. J.H. Whitmore, pp. 217–221. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Creation Science Fellowship. Thompson, C., and T.C. Wood. 2018. A survey of Cenozoic mammal baramins. In Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Creationism, ed. J.H. Whitmore, pp. 217–221, A1-A83 (appendix). Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Creation Science Fellowship. A SURVEY OF CENOZOIC MAMMAL BARAMINS C. Thompson, Core Academy of Science, P.O. Box 1076, Dayton, TN 37321, [email protected] Todd Charles Wood, Core Academy of Science, P.O. Box 1076, Dayton, TN 37321, [email protected] ABSTRACT To expand the sample of statistical baraminology studies, we identified 80 datasets sampled from 29 mammalian orders, from which we performed 82 separate analyses. -
Paleontology and Geochronology of the Deseadan (Late Oligocene) of Moquegua, Peru´
PUBLISHED BY THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY CENTRAL PARK WEST AT 79TH STREET, NEW YORK, NY 10024 Number 3668, 24 pp., 8 figures, 5 tables November 30, 2009 Paleontology and Geochronology of the Deseadan (late Oligocene) of Moquegua, Peru´ BRUCE J. SHOCKEY,1 RODOLFO SALAS GISMONDI,2 PHILLIP GANS,3 ANNIE JEONG,4 AND JOHN J. FLYNN5 ABSTRACT Subsequent to our initial reports of the discovery of Deseadan fossils in southern Peru´, we have obtained new data regarding the paleontology and geology of the upper member of the Moquegua Formation. These data include newly recovered fossil specimens and further analyses of those collected in our earlier field seasons. We have also obtained an ash directly from within the fossil- bearing units near the summit of Cerro Pan de Azu´car. Biotites from this Sugarloaf ash give an age estimate of 26.25 6 0.10 Ma, thus supporting our previous suggestion that these fossil-bearing horizons are of late Oligocene age (Deseadan South American Land Mammal ‘‘Age’’) and removing our query regarding a possible early Miocene age. Most of the fossils are of notoungulates and most of these are trachytheriine mesotheriids. Remarkably, three distinct mesotheriid taxa appear to have been present in the Moquegua fauna, none of which are referable to the common Trachytherus alloxus of the nearby and at least partly contemporaneous Salla beds of Bolivia. Other fossils documented here include postcranial elements of the notohippid notoungulate, Moqueguahippus, a macraucheniid litoptern (cf. Coniopternium), an osteoderm of an unnamed species of armadillo (Dasypodidae, cf. Dasypodinae), and a claw of a phorusrhacid bird. -
The Eocene to Pleistocene Vertebrates of Bolivia and Their Stratigraphic Context a Review
THE EOCENE TO PLEISTOCENE VERTEBRATES OF BOLIVIA AND THEIR STRATIGRAPHIC CONTEXT A REVIEW LARRY G. MARSHALL" & THIERRY SEMPERE** * Institute of Human Origins, 2453 Ridge Road, Berkeley, California 94709, U.S.A. ** Orstom, UR lH, Casilla 4875, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia. Present address: Centre de Géologie Générale et Minibre, Ecole des Mines, 35 rue Saint Honor& 77305 Fontainebleau, France INTRODUCTION the type fauna of the Friasiali Land Mammal Age (conventionally middle Miocene) in southern Chile is temporally equivalent to the The record of Cenozoic fossil vertebrates in Bolivia is extremely Santacrucian Land Mammal Age. They thus use Colloncuran for the good. Compared with other countries in South America, Bolivia is land mammal age between Santacrucian and Chasicoan. For all second only to Argentina in the number of known localities and in practical purposes, Friasian of previous workers is equivalent to the wealth of taxa. Colloncuran as used in this study. Of the different vertebrate groups, the mammals are by far the This paper represents an expansion and updating of the Bolivian most abundant and best known. In fact, the record of mammal land mammal record as provided by Robert Hoffstetter (in Marshall evolution in South America is so complete that these fossils are used el al. 1983, 1984). As documented below, the highlights of this by geologists and paleontologists to subdivide geologic time. The record include: the taxonomically richest and best studied faunas of occurrence of unique associations of taxa that are inferred to have late Oligocene-early Miocene (Deseadan) and early Pleistocene existed during a restricted interval of time has resulted in the (Ensenadan) age in all o[ South America; and the exceptionally rich recognition of discrete chronostratigraphic units called Land record of late Miocene (Huayquerian) and early to middle Pliocene Mammal Ages. -
Doctrinas Y Descubrimientos
Doctrinas y Descubrimieotos FLOREhTiriO AMEGMinO Nació en Lujan el 18 de septiembre de 1854. Cursó allí primeras letras y continuó sus estudios en la Escuela Nor- mal de preceptores de Buenos Aires, siendo más tarde ayu- dante primero y luego director de la Escuela Elemental de Mercedes. Su afición por las ciencias naturales se manifestó en edad temprana: sus primeras publicaciones se remontan a 1875 .y durante treinta y cinco años estudió afanosamente la geología, la paleontología y la antropología sudamericanas. La nómina de sus publicaciones coimprende 179 títulos; las más significativas son las siguientes: "Los miamíferos fósiles de la América meridional", 1880; "La formación pam- peana", 1880; "La antigüedad del hombre en el Plata", 1880; "ün recuerdo a la memoria de Darwin. El transformismo considerado como una ciencia exacta", 1882; "Filogenia", 1884; "Contribución al conocimiento de los mamíferos fósiles de la República Argentina", 1889 "Recherches de Morpholo- gie pñilogénétique sur les molaires supérieurs des Ungulés", 1904; "Paleontología Argentina", 1904; "Les formations sé- dimentaires du crétacée supérieur et du tertiaire de Pata- gonie", 1906; "Notas preliminares sobre el Tetraprothomo argentinus", 1907; "Le Diprothomo Platensis, un precurseur de l'homme du pliocéne inférieur de U. Aires", 1909; "Geolo- gía, paleogeografía, paleontología y antropología de la Re- pública Argentina", 1910; "Origen pollgénico del lenguaje" ^postuma), etc. Su único título oficialmente adquirido fué el de maestro de escuela; en las ciencias naturales fué un autodidacta, encauzándose en la orientación evolucionista de Lyell y Darwin. Fué profesor en las universidades de Córdoba, Buenos Ai- res y La Plata, miembro de numerosas Academias y Socie- dades Científicas, y en 1902 fué nombrado director del Museo de Historia Natural de Buenos Aires. -
New Postcranial Remains of Large Toxodontian Notoungulates from the Late Oligocene of Mendoza, Argentina and Their Systematic Implications
New postcranial remains of large toxodontian notoungulates from the late Oligocene of Mendoza, Argentina and their systematic implications SANTIAGO HERNÁNDEZ DEL PINO, FEDERICO D. SEOANE, and ESPERANZA CERDEÑO Hernández Del Pino, S., Seoane, F.D., and Cerdeño, E. 2017. New postcranial remains of large toxodontian notoungulates from the late Oligocene of Mendoza, Argentina and their systematic implications. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 62 (1): 195–210. During the last decade, the Deseadan (late Oligocene) Quebrada Fiera locality, Mendoza Province, Argentina, has pro- vided a large amount of mammal remains. Taxonomic studies have shown the presence of faunal elements common with other Deseadan associations from Patagonia and lower latitudes (Salla, Bolivia), as well as endemic taxa of different groups of mammals (Notohippidae, Leontiniidae, Homalodotheriidae, Hegetotheriidae, and Metatheria) and even a gastropod. In this work, we present a taxonomic and phylogenetic analysis of a set of postcranial fossils of three fami- lies of the suborder Toxodontia (Notoungulata). The postcranial elements are assigned to taxa previously recognized at Quebrada Fiera, such as the leontiniid Gualta cuyana and the homalodotheriid Asmodeus petrasnerus, but also to the family Toxodontidae that is represented by Proadinotherium sp. and another larger toxodontid; a few dental remains of Proadinotherium are also included as this is the first time that toxodontids from Quebrada Fiera are described. In the case of A. petrasnerus, an almost complete calcaneum allows us to expand the diagnosis of this taxon. The bones assigned to G. cuyana enlarge the anatomical knowledge of this species. In turn, the presence of the genus Proadinotherium ex- tends its geographic distribution in Argentina and adds to the extra-Patagonian record of P. -
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This article appeared in a journal published by Elsevier. The attached copy is furnished to the author for internal non-commercial research and education use, including for instruction at the authors institution and sharing with colleagues. Other uses, including reproduction and distribution, or selling or licensing copies, or posting to personal, institutional or third party websites are prohibited. In most cases authors are permitted to post their version of the article (e.g. in Word or Tex form) to their personal website or institutional repository. Authors requiring further information regarding Elsevier’s archiving and manuscript policies are encouraged to visit: http://www.elsevier.com/copyright Author's personal copy Mammalian Biology 76 (2011) 101–108 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Mammalian Biology journal homepage: www.elsevier.de/mambio Original Investigation Afrotherian affinities for endemic South American “ungulates” Federico L. Agnolin a,b, Nicolás R. Chimento c,∗ a Laboratorio de Anatomía Comparada y Evolución de los Vertebrados, Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “Bernardino Rivadavia”, Av. Ángel Gallardo 470 (C1405BDB), Buenos Aires, Argentina b Fundación de Historia Natural “Félix de Azara”, Departamento de Ciencias Naturales y Antropología, CEBBAD – Universidad Maimónides, Valentín Virasoro 732 (C1405BDB), Buenos Aires, Argentina c División Paleontología de Vertebrados, Museo de La Plata, Paseo del Bosque s/n (B1900FWA), La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina article info abstract Article history: The phylogenetic relationships of endemic South American ungulates are a highly debated topic. Among Received 25 November 2010 them, the most well-known clades are the Notoungulata and the Astrapotheria. Three unambiguous Accepted 3 December 2010 hard-tissue features characteristic of afrotherian mammals potentially indicate a relationship with the two South American clades: delayed cheek-tooth replacement, more than 19 thoracolumbar vertebrae, Keywords: and the presence of a well defined astragalar cotylar fossa. -
(Mammalia, Notoungulata) from the Late Miocene–Early Pliocene of the Southern Central Andes, NW Argentina
Journal of Paleontology, 91(3), 2017, p. 566–576 Copyright © 2017, The Paleontological Society 0022-3360/15/0088-0906 doi: 10.1017/jpa.2016.160 First record of Toxodontidae (Mammalia, Notoungulata) from the late Miocene–early Pliocene of the southern central Andes, NW Argentina Ricardo A. Bonini,1 Gabriela I. Schmidt,2 Marcelo A. Reguero,1 Esperanza Cerdeño,3 Adriana M. Candela,1 and Natalia Solís4 1División Paleontología de Vertebrados, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo, Paseo del Bosque s/n, B1900FWA La Plata, Argentina 〈[email protected]〉; 〈[email protected]〉; 〈[email protected]〉 2Laboratorio de Paleontología de Vertebrados, Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción (CICYTTP- CONICET), Materi y España, 3105, Diamante, Entre Ríos, Argentina 〈[email protected]〉 3Paleontología, IANIGLA, CCT-CONICET Mendoza, Avda. Ruiz Leal s/n, 5500 Mendoza, Argentina 〈[email protected]〉 4Museo de Geología, Minería y Paleontología, Instituto de Geología y Minería, Universidad Nacional de Jujuy. Avda. Bolivia 1661, 4600 San Salvador de Jujuy, Argentina 〈[email protected]〉 Abstract.—A new species of toxodontid notoungulate, Xotodon maimarensis n. sp., is described from the Maimará Formation (late Miocene–early Pliocene), Jujuy Province, northwestern Argentina. This is the first record of a tox- odontid from the Eastern Cordillera. The specimen is housed at the Museo de Geología, Mineralogía y Paleontología, Instituto de Geología y Minería de la Universidad Nacional de Jujuy. It consists of an incomplete mandible preser- ving the right mandibular ramus with part of the dental series, partially preserved symphysis with all the incisors, and a small portion of the left ramus without teeth. -
UC Santa Barbara Dissertation Template
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA Santa Barbara Two New Oligocene “Notohippids” (Mammalia, Notoungulata, Toxodontia) from the Central Chilean Andes: Taxonomy and Phylogenetics A Thesis submitted in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree Master of Science in Earth Science by John Christian Munson Committee in charge: Professor André Wyss, Chair Professor Susannah Porter Professor Bruce Tiffney March 2019 The thesis of John Christian Munson is approved. _____________________________________________ Susannah Porter _____________________________________________ Bruce Tiffney _____________________________________________ André Wyss, Committee Chair December 2018 Two New Oligocene “Notohippids” (Mammalia, Notoungulata, Toxodontia) from the Central Chilean Andes: Taxonomy and Phylogenetics Copyright © 2018 by John Christian Munson iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I am extraordinarily grateful for the academic and personal guidance I received while at UC Santa Barbara. This project would not be possible or completed without the seemingly endless knowledge of my primary advisor, Dr. André Wyss. My work benefitted from advice on writing style, content, and proper figure display by Dr. Wyss, Dr. Susannah Porter, Dr. Bruce Tiffney, Andrew McGrath, Chris Everett, Tina Woltz, Dr. Dan Luna, Dr. John Moore, and Dr. Heda Agić. I credit my enthusiasm for teaching to having served as a teaching assistant for Dr. Luna, Dr. Wyss, Dr. Porter, and Dr. Tiffney. They conducted the most engaging lectures and labs I have been part of. Finally, thank you to my friends and family for their continued support and interest in my research. iv ABSTRACT Two New Oligocene “Notohippids” (Mammalia, Notoungulata, Toxodontia) from the Central Chilean Andes: Taxonomy and Phylogenetics by John Christian Munson Two new Oligocene “notohippids” from the Abanico Formation, a geographically widespread volcanic and volcaniclastic lithostratigraphic unit in the Andean Main Range of central Chile, are described and subjected to phylogenetic analysis.