TY - JOUR
T1 - The proboscideans (Mammalia) from Mesoamerica
AU - Arroyo-Cabrales, Joaquín
AU - Polaco, Oscar J.
AU - Laurito, César
AU - Johnson, Eileen
AU - Teresa Alberdi, María
AU - Valerio Zamora, Ana Lucía
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors thank Mario Cossuol (Universidad de Rondonia, Brazil) for sharing unpublished information. Felisa Aguilar kindly prepared the maps. Several institutions supported parts of the research: Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad (CONABIO), Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACYT), the Subdirección de Laboratorios y Apoyo Académico, Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, México, and the Museum of Texas Tech University. Johnson's participation represents part of ongoing regional research of the Lubbock Lake Landmark into Quaternary grasslands and ecological changes in the Americas under the auspices of the Museum of Texas Tech University.
PY - 2007/7
Y1 - 2007/7
N2 - Mesoamerica is the geographic region between northern México and southern Panamá. This region shows specific cultural and biological features, both presently and in the past. The proboscideans (Mammalia, Proboscidea) that inhabited the region in a time range from middle Miocene to late Pleistocene are outlined. Three families (Elephantidae, Gomphotheriidae, and Mammutidae) and six genera currently are known from the region. The systematic position of the genus Stegomastodon is unresolved, whether monophyletic or paraphyletic, and it may include two genera, Stegomastodon sensu stricto and Haplomastodon. The other five genera recognized for the region are Gomphotherium (1 species), Rhynchotherium (3 species), Cuvieronius (3 species), Mammut (1 species), and Mammuthus (2 species). The Great American Biotic Interchange played an important role for the migration of the proboscideans into South America. The association between proboscideans and humans in Mesoamerica has been explored, but there is only evidence of an association with mammoths exists.
AB - Mesoamerica is the geographic region between northern México and southern Panamá. This region shows specific cultural and biological features, both presently and in the past. The proboscideans (Mammalia, Proboscidea) that inhabited the region in a time range from middle Miocene to late Pleistocene are outlined. Three families (Elephantidae, Gomphotheriidae, and Mammutidae) and six genera currently are known from the region. The systematic position of the genus Stegomastodon is unresolved, whether monophyletic or paraphyletic, and it may include two genera, Stegomastodon sensu stricto and Haplomastodon. The other five genera recognized for the region are Gomphotherium (1 species), Rhynchotherium (3 species), Cuvieronius (3 species), Mammut (1 species), and Mammuthus (2 species). The Great American Biotic Interchange played an important role for the migration of the proboscideans into South America. The association between proboscideans and humans in Mesoamerica has been explored, but there is only evidence of an association with mammoths exists.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.quaint.2006.12.017
DO - 10.1016/j.quaint.2006.12.017
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:34347251967
SN - 1040-6182
VL - 169-170
SP - 17
EP - 23
JO - Quaternary International
JF - Quaternary International
IS - SPEC. ISS.
ER -