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Diet of Palaeolama major (Camelidae) of Bahia, Brazil, inferred from coprolites

Authors :
Mario Alberto Cozzuol
Mário André Trindade Dantas
Camilla Pires Marcolino
Rosy Mary dos Santos Isaias
Cástor Cartelle
Source :
Quaternary International. 278:81-86
Publication Year :
2012
Publisher :
Elsevier BV, 2012.

Abstract

In South America, one of the most important themes is the effort to discover the diet of the extinct giant mammals that lived in this continent. This paper presents new data for the species Palaeolama major, acquired by the analysis of plant fragments found in coprolites. This species possibly lived in an open area, feeding on shrubs, in the forest border.

Details

ISSN :
10406182
Volume :
278
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Quaternary International
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........736204ea2af80a87c70eaa652e974961
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2012.04.002