Early Oligocene chinchilloid caviomorphs from Puerto Rico and the initial rodent colonization of the West Indies

L Marivaux, J Vélez-Juarbe… - … of the Royal …, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
By their past and present diversity, rodents are among the richest components of Caribbean
land mammals. Many of these became extinct recently. Causes of their extirpation, their …

A Pliocene–Pleistocene continental biota from Venezuela

JD Carrillo-Briceño, R Sánchez, TM Scheyer… - Swiss Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract The Pliocene–Pleistocene transition in the Neotropics is poorly understood despite
the major climatic changes that occurred at the onset of the Quaternary. The San Gregorio …

Comprehensive total evidence phylogeny of chinchillids (Rodentia, Caviomorpha): Cheek teeth anatomy and evolution

LL Rasia, AM Candela, C Cañón - Journal of Anatomy, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Rodents are the most diverse order of extant mammals, and caviomorph rodents, or New
World hystricognaths, have a remarkable morphological disparity and a long fossil record …

A reassessment of the cranial morphology of Neoepiblema acreensis (Rodentia: Chinchilloidea), a Miocene rodent from South America

L Kerber, JD Ferreira, FR Negri - Journal of Morphology, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The rodent Neoepiblema acreensis (Chinchilloidea: Neoepiblemidae) is member of
a lineage that reached gigantic dimensions during the Late Miocene of South America—the …

[HTML][HTML] Cavioids, Chinchilloids, and Erethizontoids (Hystricognathi, Rodentia, Mammalia) of the Early Miocene Pampa Castillo Fauna, Chile

AJ McGrath, J Chick, DA Croft, HE Dodson… - American Museum …, 2022 - BioOne
Caviomorph rodents became important components of South American faunas after their
Eocene arrival from Africa. Here we describe the cavioid, chinchilloid, and erethizontoid …

The flora, fauna, and paleoenvironment of the late Middle Miocene Quebrada Honda Basin, Bolivia (Eastern Cordillera, Central Andes)

CAE Strömberg, BZ Saylor, RK Engelman… - Palaeogeography …, 2024 - Elsevier
Miocene ecosystem change in the Central Andes is not well understood because of a dearth
of well-dated fossil sites from the region. The late Middle Miocene (∼ 13–12 Ma) Quebrada …

Incisor enamel microstructure of West Indian caviomorph hystricognathous rodents (Octodontoidea and Chinchilloidea)

L Marivaux, LWV López, M Boivin, L Da Cunha… - Journal of Mammalian …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Analysis of the incisor enamel microstructure of extinct and extant West Indian
caviomorph rodents emphasizes a clear microstructural distinction between the Echimyidae …