Little is known about mammalian evolution in South America during the age of the dinosaurs. The discovery of 100-million-year-old skulls confirms that mammalian faunas were endemic in southern continents at this time. See Letter p.98
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
G. W. ROUGIER
References
Rougier, G. W., Apesteguía, S. & Gaetano, L. C. Nature 479, 98–102 (2011).
Bonaparte, J. F. & Migale, L. A. Protomamíferos y mamíferos Mesozoicos de América del Sur (Museo de Ciencias Naturales Carlos Ameghino, 2010).
Rougier, G. W., Forasiepi, A. M., Hill, R. V. & Novacek, M. Acta Palaeontol. Pol. 54, 195–212 (2009).
Rougier, G. W., Chornogubsky, L., Casadio, S., Arango, N. P. & Giallombardo, A. Cretac. Res. 30, 223–238 (2009).
Gelfo, J. N. & Pascual, R. Geodiversitas 23, 369–379 (2001).
Gelfo, J. N., Goin, F. J., Woodburne, M. O. & de Muizon, C. Palaeontology 52, 251–269 (2009).
de Muizon, C. & Céspedes-Paz, R. in The Origins and Evolution of Cenozoic South American Mammals (eds Rosenberger, A. L. & Tejedor, M. F.) (Springer, in the press).
Ladevèze, S., de Muizon, C., Beck, R. M. D., Germain, D. & Cespedes-Paz, R. Nature 474, 83–86 (2011).
Iturralde-Vinent, M. A. Int. Geol. Rev. 48, 791–827 (2006).
Sigogneau-Russell, D. Bull. Mus. Natl Hist. Nat. Paris 16, 291–312 (1995).
Rauhut, O. W. M., Martin, T., Ortiz-Jaureguizar, E. & Puerta, P. Nature 416, 165–168 (2002).
Rougier, G. W., Martinelli, A. G., Forasiepi, A. M. & Novacek, M. J. Am. Mus. Novit. no. 3566 (2007).
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
de Muizon, C. Fresh light on southern early mammals. Nature 479, 51–52 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/479051a
Published:
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/479051a
- Springer Nature Limited