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3. South American Endemic Mammalian Predators (Order Sparassodonta)

verfasst von : Dr. Francisco Juan Prevosti, Dr. Analia M. Forasiepi

Erschienen in: Evolution of South American Mammalian Predators During the Cenozoic: Paleobiogeographic and Paleoenvironmental Contingencies

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Abstract

The Sparassodonta was a clade of mammalian predators that evolved in South America from the early Paleocene (?Tiupampan–Peligran) or early Eocene (Itaboraian) to the early Pliocene (Chapadmalalan). They were a monophyletic group of metatherians closely related to living marsupials (e.g., opossums and kangaroos). Diverse ecological niches presented many opportunities for occupation by different morphotypes (principally defined by body mass and locomotion). The probable diet was hypercarnivorous for about 90% of the nearly 60 currently identified species. Here, we present a synthesis of the systematics, distribution, and paleoecology of the extinct Sparassodonta.

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Vorheriges Kapitel Paleoenvironment, Tectonics, and Paleobiogeography
Nächstes Kapitel South American Fossil Carnivorans (Order Carnivora)
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Metadaten
Titel
South American Endemic Mammalian Predators (Order Sparassodonta)
verfasst von
Dr. Francisco Juan Prevosti
Dr. Analia M. Forasiepi
Copyright-Jahr
2018
Buch
Evolution of South American Mammalian Predators During the Cenozoic: Paleobiogeographic and Paleoenvironmental Contingencies

Print ISBN: 978-3-319-03700-4

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-03701-1

Copyright-Jahr: 2018

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-03701-1_3