Taxonomic, biogeographic, and taphonomic reassessment of a large extinct species of paca from the Quaternary of Brazil

The taxonomy of extinct species of Cuniculus (Caviomorpha, Rodentia, Mammalia) is confusing and poorly studied. Here we provide a taxonomic review of extinct cuniculids, and discuss the taxonomic, biogeographic, taphonomic and chronologic aspects of new remains of an extinct large cuniculid from Br...

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Main Authors: Elver Luiz Mayer, Alex Hubbe, Leonardo Kerber, Paulo Miguel Haddad-Martim, Walter Neves
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institute of Paleobiology PAS 2016-12-01
Series:Acta Palaeontologica Polonica
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Online Access:http://www.app.pan.pl/archive/published/app61/app002362016.pdf