Mesozoic mammals from South America: implications for understanding early mammalian faunas from Gondwana

NICOLAS CHIMENTO; FEDERICO AGNOLIN; AGUSTIN MARTINELLI

Contribuciones del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales Bernardino Rivadavia

MACN

Año: 2016 vol. 6 p. 199 - 209

The fossil record of Mesozoic mammals from Argentina is the most complete and diverse among Gondwanan landmasses, thus it became in a reference to understand the evolution and paleogeography of the group. In this contribution we discuss some ideas on the taxonomy of poorly documented mammals from other Gondwanan localities and their paleobiogeographic implications. The resemblances among mammal-bearing Gondwanan localities are more conspicuous clear than previously thought.