A new Dasypodini armadillo (Xenarthra: Cingulata) from San Gregorio Formation, Pliocene of Venezuela: affinities and biogeographic interpretations

We describe <i>Pliodasypus vergelianus</i> gen. et sp. nov., a Dasypodini armadillo from the middle Pliocene of Venezuela (Vergel Member, San Gregorio Formation). Although scarce, the remains are remarkable because of their geochronologic proximity to the main phase of Great American Bio...

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Autores principales: Cordeiro de Castro, Mariela, Carlini, Alfredo Armando, Sánchez, Rodolfo, Sánchez-Villagra, Marcelo R.
Formato: Articulo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2014
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Ciencias Naturales
Xenarthra
Cingulata
Dasypodidae
Pliodasypus
Pliocene
Venezuela
Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/134786
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topic Ciencias Naturales
Xenarthra
Cingulata
Dasypodidae
Pliodasypus
Pliocene
Venezuela
spellingShingle Ciencias Naturales
Xenarthra
Cingulata
Dasypodidae
Pliodasypus
Pliocene
Venezuela
Cordeiro de Castro, Mariela
Carlini, Alfredo Armando
Sánchez, Rodolfo
Sánchez-Villagra, Marcelo R.
A new Dasypodini armadillo (Xenarthra: Cingulata) from San Gregorio Formation, Pliocene of Venezuela: affinities and biogeographic interpretations
topic_facet Ciencias Naturales
Xenarthra
Cingulata
Dasypodidae
Pliodasypus
Pliocene
Venezuela
description We describe <i>Pliodasypus vergelianus</i> gen. et sp. nov., a Dasypodini armadillo from the middle Pliocene of Venezuela (Vergel Member, San Gregorio Formation). Although scarce, the remains are remarkable because of their geochronologic proximity to the main phase of Great American Biotic Interchange (GABI). The cladistic analysis conducted reveals that <i>Pliodasypus</i> groups with <i>Dasypus</i> and both are sister taxa of <i>Propraopus</i>, whereas <i>Anadasypus</i> is at a basal position. With respect to the records of tribe Dasypodini, after its oldest representative (<i>Anadasypus</i>, middle and late Miocene), the chronologically subsequent form is <i>Pl. vergelianus</i> (middle Pliocene), followed by <i>Dasypus bellus</i> in higher northern latitudes (late Pliocene), and then by widespread occurrences in the Pleistocene of North America (<i>D. bellus</i>) and South America (<i>Propraopus</i>, <i>Dasypus punctatus</i>, and <i>Dasypus novemcinctus</i>). Thus, we infer that <i>Dasypus</i> differentiated in the late Pliocene at low latitudes in the northern South America. It leads to two alternative hypotheses of dispersal: (a) some early <i>Dasypus</i> remained cryptically in South America until the Pleistocene, whereas others dispersed to North America between 2.2 and 2.7 Ma, or (b) they dispersed to North America subsequently to the emersion of the Panamanian isthmus and <i>D. bellus</i> differentiated there; later, during the Pleistocene, <i>D. bellus</i> entered South America and experienced speciation. The same process of re-ingression has been proposed to other xenarthrans, breaking with the traditional assumption that the GABI was unidirectional.
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Articulo
author Cordeiro de Castro, Mariela
Carlini, Alfredo Armando
Sánchez, Rodolfo
Sánchez-Villagra, Marcelo R.
author_facet Cordeiro de Castro, Mariela
Carlini, Alfredo Armando
Sánchez, Rodolfo
Sánchez-Villagra, Marcelo R.
author_sort Cordeiro de Castro, Mariela
title A new Dasypodini armadillo (Xenarthra: Cingulata) from San Gregorio Formation, Pliocene of Venezuela: affinities and biogeographic interpretations
title_short A new Dasypodini armadillo (Xenarthra: Cingulata) from San Gregorio Formation, Pliocene of Venezuela: affinities and biogeographic interpretations
title_full A new Dasypodini armadillo (Xenarthra: Cingulata) from San Gregorio Formation, Pliocene of Venezuela: affinities and biogeographic interpretations
title_fullStr A new Dasypodini armadillo (Xenarthra: Cingulata) from San Gregorio Formation, Pliocene of Venezuela: affinities and biogeographic interpretations
title_full_unstemmed A new Dasypodini armadillo (Xenarthra: Cingulata) from San Gregorio Formation, Pliocene of Venezuela: affinities and biogeographic interpretations
title_sort new dasypodini armadillo (xenarthra: cingulata) from san gregorio formation, pliocene of venezuela: affinities and biogeographic interpretations
publishDate 2014
url http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/134786
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