Modern plains vizcacha (Lagostomus maximus, Chinchillidae, Rodentia) as a bone accumulating agent in the Argentine Pampas: Application to the study of fossiliferous sites
| Autor: | Yolanda Fernández-Jalvo, Marta S. Kin, Rodrigo Leandro Tomassini, Mariana Carolina Garrone, Claudia I. Montalvo |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Universidad Nacional de La Pampa (Argentina) |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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0106 biological sciences
Lagostomus food.ingredient 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences Ecology biology Argentina Zoología Ornitología Entomología Etología Plains vizcacha biology.organism_classification 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences Archaeology Actualistic taphonomy Archeological sites Ciencias Biológicas Vizcacheras Geography food Paleontological sites CIENCIAS NATURALES Y EXACTAS Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics Chinchillidae 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Earth-Surface Processes |
| Zdroj: | Digital.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC instname Digital.CSIC: Repositorio Institucional del CSIC Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) |
| ISSN: | 0140-1963 |
| Popis: | Lagostomus maximus (Rodentia, Chinchillidae), or Plains vizcacha, is a caviomorph rodent that inhabits semiarid grasslands and desert scrub of central and northern Argentina, southern Paraguay and southeastern Bolivia. A particular behavior of the Plains vizcacha is the collection and transport of bones, dried dung and branches, among other objects, which are accumulated near the vizcacheras entrances. A bone concentration, originated in active vizcacheras of the southwestern Buenos Aires Province (Argentina), was studied from a taphonomic point of view for one year. The obtained results reflect that Plains vizcacha represents an important bone accumulating agent in the Argentine Pampas, and it is capable of producing large concentrations. Moreover, their vizcacheras act as natural traps that may favor the accumulation and preservation of the bone remains. The information obtained through this actualistic study provides new information on the ecology of this rodent and, in turn, introduces a framework of reference for the identification of similar concentrations in the fossil record. This work was supported by Project05-Gof Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, UNLPam, Argentina. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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