Pliocene Pre-GABI herbivorous mammals from Espinar, Peruvian Andean PlateauCitation for this article: Salas-Gismondi, R., Ochoa, D., Gamarra, J., Pujos, F., Foster, D. A., & Tejada, J. V. (2023) Pliocene pre-GABI herbivorous mammals from Espinar, Peruvian Andean Plateau.
Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology
. https://doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2023.2237079
Rodolfo Salas-Gismondi,
Diana Ochoa,
Jorge Gamarra
et al.
Abstract:Pliocene South American mammals prior to the Great American Biotic Interchange comprise the evolutionary pinnacle of a long-lasting process of continental isolation, in which large-scale orogeny and climate change were instrumental. These processes resulted in unique assemblages of extinct groups with peculiar anatomies. However, interpretation of the functional roles that these organisms would have played in the ecosystem is challenging because well-preserved fossils of this time interval in South America are… Show more
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