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Late middle Miocene caviomorph rodents from Tarapoto, Peruvian Amazonia by Boivin, Myriam, Marivaux, Laurent, Aguirre-Diaz, Walter, Benites-Palomino, Aldo, Billet, Guillaume, Pujos, François, Salas-Gismondi, Rodolfo, Stutz, Narla S, Tejada-Lara, Julia V, Varas-Malca, Rafael M, Walton, Anne H, Antoine, Pierre-Olivier

“…Miocene deposits of South America have yielded several species-rich assemblages of caviomorph rodents. They are mostly situated at high and mid- latitudes of…”
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EURHINODELPHINIDS FROM THE EARLY MIOCENE OF PERU: FIRST UNAMBIGUOUS RECORDS OF THESE HYPER-LONGIROSTRINE DOLPHINS OUTSIDE THE NORTH ATLANTIC REALM by Lambert, Olivier, de Muizon, Christian, Varas-Malca, Rafael M, Urbina, Mario, Bianucci, Giovanni

“…Among the many hyper-longirostrine dolphins (Odontoceti) from the Miocene, members of the family Eurhinodelphinidae bear two highly distinctive cranial…”
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New Miocene Sulid Birds from Peru and Considerations on their Neogene Fossil Record in the Eastern Pacific Ocean by Stucchi, Marcelo, Varas-Malca, Rafael M., Urbina-Schmitt, Mario

“…Boobies and gannets (family Sulidae) are the most specialized plunge divers among seabirds. Their fossil record along the Pacific coast of South America…”
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New record of Neosaimiri (Cebidae, Platyrrhini) from the late Middle Miocene of Peruvian Amazonia by Marivaux, Laurent, Aguirre-Diaz, Walter, Benites-Palomino, Aldo, Billet, Guillaume, Boivin, Myriam, Pujos, François, Salas-Gismondi, Rodolfo, Tejada-Lara, Julia V., Varas-Malca, Rafael M., Antoine, Pierre-Olivier

“…The Honda Group of La Venta, Colombia, has yielded a wide array of crown platyrrhine primates, documenting the late Middle Miocene epoch (ca. 13.1–12.6 Ma,…”
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SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY AND PALEONTOLOGY OF THE UPPER MIOCENE PISCO FORMATION ALONG THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE LOWER ICA VALLEY (ICA DESERT, PERU) by CLAUDIO DI CELMA, ELISA MALINVERNO, GIULIA BOSIO, ALBERTO COLLARETA, KAREN GARIBOLDI, ANNA GIONCADA, GIANCARLO MOLLI, DANIELA BASSO, RAFAEL M. VARAS-MALCA, PIETRO PAOLO PIERANTONI, IGOR M. VILLA, OLIVIER LAMBERT, WALTER LANDINI, GIOVANNI SARTI, GINO CANTALAMESSA, MARIO URBINA, GIOVANNI BIANUCCI

“…The sequence stratigraphic framework and a summary of the fossil fauna of the upper Miocene portion of the Pisco Formation exposed along the western side of…”
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A new marine mammal assemblage from central Chile reveals the Pliocene survival of true seals in South America by Benites-Palomino, Aldo, Valenzuela-Toro, Ana M., Figueroa-Bravo, Constanza, Varas-Malca, Rafael M., Nielsen, Sven N., Gutstein, Carolina Simon, Carrillo-Biceño, Jorge D.

“…The fossil record of marine mammals from the upper Pliocene of the western coast of South America is poorly known, hindering our knowledge about how and when…”
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A New Late Miocene Condor (Aves, Cathartidae) from Peru and the Origin of South American Condors by Stucchi, Marcelo, Emslie, Steven D, Varas-Malca, Rafael M, Urbina-Schmitt, Mario

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Pinniped Turnover in the South Pacific Ocean: New Evidence from the Plio-Pleistocene of the Atacama Desert, Chile by Valenzuela-Toro, Ana M, Gutstein, Carolina S, Varas-Malca, Rafael M, Suarez, Mario E, Pyenson, Nicholas D

“…Modern pinnipeds distributed along the coasts of continental South America consist almost entirely of otariids (sea lions and fur seals). In contrast, phocids…”
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PINNIPED TURNOVER IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN: NEW EVIDENCE FROM THE PLIO-PLEISTOCENE OF THE ATACAMA DESERT, CHILE by VALENZUELA-TORO, ANA M., GUTSTEIN, CAROLINA S., VARAS-MALCA, RAFAEL M., SUAREZ, MARIO E., PYENSON, NICHOLAS D.

“…Modern pinnipeds distributed along the coasts of continental South America consist almost entirely of otariids (sea lions and fur seals). In contrast, phocids…”
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Taphonomy and palaeoecology of the lower Miocene marine vertebrate assemblage of Ullujaya (Chilcatay Formation, East Pisco Basin, southern Peru) by Bianucci, Giovanni, Collareta, Alberto, Bosio, Giulia, Landini, Walter, Gariboldi, Karen, Gioncada, Anna, Lambert, Olivier, Malinverno, Elisa, de Muizon, Christian, Varas-Malca, Rafael, Villa, Igor Maria, Coletti, Giovanni, Urbina, Mario, Di Celma, Claudio

“…The taphonomy and palaeoecology of the early Miocene (Burdigalian) vertebrate assemblage of Ullujaya (East Pisco Basin, Peru) is here described. Vertebrate…”
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A NEW LATE MIOCENE CONDOR (AVES, CATHARTIDAE) FROM PERU AND THE ORIGIN OF SOUTH AMERICAN CONDORS by STUCCHI, MARCELO, EMSLIE, STEVEN D., VARAS-MALCA, RAFAEL M., URBINA-SCHMITI, MARIO

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Depositional environments and landscapes of the upper Miocene Ipururo Formation at Shumanza, Subandean Zone, northern Peru by Tcheumeleu, Augustin Feussom, Fauquette, Séverine, Castillo, Angélica Aliaga, Martinez, Camila, Moreno, Federico, Navarrete, Rosa E., Parra, Francisco, Wesselingh, Frank P., Salas-Gismondi, Rodolfo, Varas-Malca, Rafael, Roddaz, Martin, Antoine, Pierre-Olivier

“…During the late Miocene, the Andean–Amazonian region experienced drastic climatic and environmental changes, notably due to a major phase in the Andean uplift…”
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Late middle Miocene caviomorph rodents from Tarapoto, Peruvian Amazonia by Myriam Boivin, Laurent Marivaux, Walter Aguirre-Diaz, Aldo Benites-Palomino, Guillaume Billet, François Pujos, Rodolfo Salas-Gismondi, Narla S Stutz, Julia V Tejada-Lara, Rafael M Varas-Malca, Anne H Walton, Pierre-Olivier Antoine

“…Miocene deposits of South America have yielded several species-rich assemblages of caviomorph rodents. They are mostly situated at high and mid- latitudes of…”
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