Phylogeny, diet, and habitat of an extinct ground sloth from Cuchillo Curá, Neuquén Province, southwest Argentina

Quaternary Research

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 364-378

  Hofreiter, Michael ^a   Betancourt, Julio L ^b   Sbriller, Alicia Pelliza ^c   Markgraf, Vera ^d   McDonald, H Gregory ^e  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c Inst Nac de Tecnol Agropecuaria   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ancient DNA; Diet; Dung; Extinction; Ground sloth; Late glacial; Phylogeny; Plant cuticles; Pollen; Vizcacha

Indexed keywords

COPROLITE; DIET; DNA; HABITAT TYPE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PALEOECOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PLEISTOCENE;

ARGENTINA; CUCHILLO CURA; NEUQUEN PROVINCE;

ANIMALIA; CURA; EDENTATA; LAGIDIUM;

EID: 0038713798     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0033-5894(03)00030-9     Document Type: Article

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