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The Dance of Tusks: Rediscovery of Lower Incisors in the Pan-American Proboscidean Cuvieronius hyodon Revises Incisor Evolution in Elephantimorpha by Mothé, Dimila, Ferretti, Marco P, Avilla, Leonardo S

“…The incisors of proboscideans (tusks and tushes) are one of the most important feature in conservation, ecology and evolutionary history of these mammals…”
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Late Pleistocene carnivores (Carnivora: Mammalia) from a cave sedimentary deposit in northern Brazil by Rodrigues, Shirlley, Avilla, Leonardo S, Soibelzon, Leopoldo H, Bernardes, Camila

“…The Brazilian Quaternary terrestrial Carnivora are represented by the following families: Canidae, Felidae, Ursidae, Procyonidae Mephitidae and Mustelidae…”
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Distinguishing Quaternary glyptodontine cingulates in South America: How informative are juvenile specimens? by Luna, Carlos, Cerda, Ignacio, Zurita, Alfredo, Gonzalez, Romina, Prieto, María, Mothé, Dimila, Avilla, Leonardo

“…The subfamily Glyptodontinae (Xenarthra, Cingulata) comprises one of the most frequently recorded glyptodontids in South America. Recently, the North American…”
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A new Mammutidae (Proboscidea, Mammalia) from the Late Miocene of Gansu Province, China by Mothé, Dimila, Avilla, Leonardo S, Zhao, Desi, Xie, Guangpu, Sun, Boyang

“…The "Yanghecun specimen", a proboscidean specimen represented by a mandible from Miocene of China and previously described as Gomphotheriidae, is here reviewed…”
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Didelphidae marsupials (Mammalia, Didelphimorphia) from the late Pleistocene deposit of the Gruta dos Moura Cave, northern Brazil by Nova, Patricia Villa, Avilla, Leonardo S, Oliveira, Édison V

“…The present study acknowledges the diversity of fossil marsupials from the Gruta dos Moura cave, as well as environmental and climatic aspects during the…”
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Late Pleistocene echimyid rodents (Rodentia, Hystricognathi) from northern Brazil by Ferreira, Thais M F, Olivares, Adriana Itati, Kerber, Leonardo, Dutra, Rodrigo P, Avilla, Leonardo S

“…Echimyidae (spiny rats, tree rats and the coypu) is the most diverse family of extant South American hystricognath rodents (caviomorphs). Today, they live in…”
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Distributional patterns of herbivore megamammals during the Late Pleistocene of South America by Gallo, Valéria, Avilla, Leonardo S, Pereira, Rodrigo C L, Absolon, Bruno A

“…The geographic distribution of 27 species of the South American megafauna of herbivore mammals during the Late Pleistocene was analyzed in order to identify…”
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Population structure of the gomphothere Stegomastodon waringi (Mammalia: Proboscidea: Gomphotheriidae) from the Pleistocene of Brazil by Mothé, Dimila(Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro Departamento de Zoologia Laboratório de Mastozoologia), Avilla, Leonardo S.(Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro Departamento de Zoologia Laboratório de Mastozoologia), Winck, Gisele R.(Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro Departamento de Ecologia Laboratório de Ecologia de Vertebrados)

“…The Quaternary fossil record of _guas de Araxá (Q AA) is represented mainly by an accumulation of skeletal elements of several sizes, which are assigned to a…”
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Taxonomic revision of the Quaternary gomphotheres (Mammalia: Proboscidea: Gomphotheriidae) from the South American lowlands by Mothé, Dimila, Avilla, Leonardo S., Cozzuol, Mário, Winck, Gisele R.

“…The South American gomphotheres were previously classified in three genera and three species. Two biogeographic corridors are recognized for the dispersion of…”
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Running Over the Same Old Ground: Stegomastodon Never Roamed South America by Mothé, Dimila, Ferretti, Marco P., Avilla, Leonardo S.

“…The diversity of South American proboscideans during the Quaternary has been a subject of discussion for decades. The presence of Cuvieronius hyodon in South…”
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Out of Africa: A New Afrotheria Lineage Rises From Extinct South American Mammals by Avilla, Leonardo S., Mothé, Dimila

“…The South American native ungulates (SANUs) are usually overlooked in Eutherian phylogenetic studies. In the rare studies where they were included, the…”
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Ancient diet of the Pleistocene gomphothere Notiomastodon platensis (Mammalia, Proboscidea, Gomphotheriidae) from lowland mid-latitudes of South America: Stereomicrowear and tooth calculus analyses combined by Asevedo, Lidiane, Winck, Gisele R., Mothé, Dimila, Avilla, Leonardo S.

“…The gomphothere assemblage from the Pleistocene of Águas de Araxá (Minas Gerais State, Brazil) is composed of several isolated teeth, cranial and postcranial…”
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Mammal Biochronology (Land Mammal Ages) Around the World From Late Miocene to Middle Pleistocene and Major Events in Horse Evolutionary History by Rook, Lorenzo, Bernor, Raymond L., Avilla, Leonardo S., Cirilli, Omar, Flynn, Lawrence, Jukar, Advait, Sanders, William, Scott, Eric, Wang, Xiaoming

“…Biochronology is important to vertebrate chronology because the primary temporal units developed and applied by vertebrate paleontologists for correlation of…”
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The South American Gomphotheres (Mammalia, Proboscidea, Gomphotheriidae): Taxonomy, Phylogeny, and Biogeography by Mothé, Dimila, Avilla, Leonardo S., Cozzuol, Mario A.

“…The taxonomic history of South American Gomphotheriidae is very complex and controversial. Three species are currently recognized: Amahuacatherium peruvium ,…”
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What Is Equus? Reconciling Taxonomy and Phylogenetic Analyses by Barrón-Ortiz, Christina I., Avilla, Leonardo S., Jass, Christopher N., Bravo-Cuevas, Víctor M., Machado, Helena, Mothé, Dimila

“…Interest in the origin and evolution of Equus dates back to over a century, but there is still no consensus on the definition of the genus or its phylogenetic…”
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A critical appraisal of the phylogenetic proposals for the South American Gomphotheriidae (Proboscidea: Mammalia) by Cozzuol, Mario A., Mothé, Dimila, Avilla, Leonardo S.

“…The systematics of gomphotheres in South America is confused, and the status of some taxa is still subject to discussion. Recently, Prado and Alberdi published…”
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Population structure of the gomphothere Stegomastodon waringi (Mammalia: Proboscidea: Gomphotheriidae) from the Pleistocene of Brazil by Mothé, Dimila, Avilla, Leonardo S, Winck, Gisele R

“…The Quaternary fossil record of Águas de Araxá (Q AA) is represented mainly by an accumulation of skeletal elements of several sizes, which are assigned to a…”
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Rostral Reconstruction of South American Hippidiform Equids: New Anatomical and Ecomorphological Inferences by Bernardes, Camila, Sicuro, Fernando L., Avilla, Leonardo S., Pinheiro, André E.P.

“…The Pleistocene Equus (Amerhippus) and hippidiforms frequently occur together in the South American fossil record, suggesting a possible case of sympatry and…”
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Bite marks on a crocodylomorph from the Upper Cretaceous of Brazil: evidence of social behavior? by Avilla, Leonardo S., Fernandes, Ronaldo, Ramos, Daniela F. B.

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A new titanosaur sauropod from the Late Cretaceous of Brazil by Machado, Elaine B, Avilla, Leonardo Dos S, Nava, William R, Campos, Diogenes De A, Kellner, Alexander W A

“…A new titanosaur dinosaur, Brasilotitan nemophagus gen. et sp. nov., is described from the Adamantina Formation (Turonian-Santonian, Bauru Basin). The specimen…”
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