Hemiauchenia paradoxa Gervais & Ameghino, 1880

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Conservation Status

Extinct

Last record: Late Pleistocene

Distribution

Argentina, Bolivia & Brazil

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Original scientific description:

Gervais, H. and Ameghino, F. (1880). Los mamíferos fósiles de America del Sur. Paris–Buenos Aires, F. Savy-Igon Hnos, 225 pp.

Other references:

Carrasco, Thayara S., Scherer, Carolina S., Ribeiro, Ana Maria and Buchmann, Francisco S. (2022). Paleodiet of Lamini camelids (Mammalia: Artiodactyla) from the Pleistocene of southern Brazil: insights from stable isotope analysis (δ13C, δ18O). Paleobiology. https://doi.org/10.1017/pab.2022.10

Carrillo-Briceño, Jorge D. et al. (2023). Nearctic Pleistocene ungulates from the Pampean region (Argentina) in the historical collections of Santiago Roth in Switzerland: an overview. Swiss Journal of Palaeontology 142: 12. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13358-023-00273-7

González-Guarda, Erwin et al. (2017). Late Pleistocene ecological, environmental and climatic reconstruction based on megafauna stable isotopes from northwestern Chilean Patagonia. Quaternary Science Reviews 170: 188-202. [Abstract]

J. G. Honey, J. A. Harrison, D. R. Prothero and M. S. Stevens. 1998. Camelidae. In C. M. Janis, K. M. Scott, and L. L. Jacobs (eds.), Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America 1:439-462

Kerber, L., Oliveira, E., 2008, Fósseis de vertebrados da Formação ouro Passo (Pleistoceno Superior), Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil: atualização dos dados e novas contribuições: GAEA – Journal of Geoscience, 4(2), 49-64.

Kerber, Leonardo, Pitana, Vanessa Gregis, Ribeiro, Ana Maria, Hsiou, Annie Schmaltz and Oliveira, Edison V. (2014). Late Pleistocene vertebrates from Touro Passo Creek (Touro Passo Formation), southern Brazil: a review. Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geológicas 31(2): 248-259.

Lopes, Renato Pereira et al. (2021). The Santa Vitória Alloformation: an update on a Pleistocene fossil-rich unit in Southern Brazil. Brazilian Journal of Geology 51(1): e2020065.

Lopes, Renato Pereira et al. (2023). Paleoenvironmental changes in the Brazilian Pampa based on carbon and oxygen stable isotope analysis of Pleistocene camelid tooth enamel. Journal of Quaternary Science. https://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.3502

Scherer C.S. 2012 The Camelidae (Mammalia, Artiodactyla) from the Quaternary of South America: Cladistic and biogeographic hypotheses. Journal of Mammalian Evolution, 1-12.

Scherer, C.S.S., Ferigolo, J., Ribeiro, A.M., Cartelle, C.C., 2007, Contribution to the knowledge of Hemiauchenia paradoxa (Artiodactyla, Camelidae) from de Pleistocene of Southern Brazil. Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia 10(1): 35-52.

Smith F.A., Lyons S.K., Ernest S.K.M., Jones K.E., Kaufman D.M., Dayan T., Marquet P.A., Brown J.H., Haskell J.P. 2003 Body mass of late Quaternary mammals. Ecology 84(12), 3403-3403.

Ubilla M., Perea D., Goso Aguilar C., Lorenzo N. 2004 Late Pleistocene vertebrates from northern Uruguay: tools for biostratigraphic, climatic and environmental reconstruction. Quaternary International 114(1), 129-142.

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