A new fossil cricetid (Rodentia, Sigmodontinae) from northeastern Brazil with remarks on small mammal extinctions in the tropical Quaternary
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DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyaa066
Abstract: The rare cricetid rodent Bibimys Massoia, 1980 contains three extant species that are distributed in the lowlands of eastern South America between 35°S and 20°S and distinguished mostly by subtle morphological and genetic features. Several… read more here.
Keywords: new fossil; northeastern brazil; fossil cricetid; small mammal ... See more keywords
Fossil Cricetid Rodents from the Quaternary of Northern Brazil and their Paleoenvironmental Significance
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DOI: 10.5710/amgh.14.11.2017.3094
Abstract: Abstract. In this study, we record and describe fossil sigmodontine rodents from the Gruta do Urso cave in the municipality of Aurora do Tocantins, Tocantins state, Northern Brazil. The sediments bearing fossils were deposited during… read more here.
Keywords: northern brazil; rodents quaternary; fossil cricetid; quaternary northern ... See more keywords