Running Over the Same Old Ground: Stegomastodon Never Roamed South America

• Published in: Journal of mammalian evolution Vol. 26; no. 2; pp. 165 - 177
• Main Authors: Mothé, Dimila, Ferretti, Marco P., Avilla, Leonardo S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.06.2019; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Animal Genetics and Genomics; Anthropology; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Dentition; Evolutionary Biology; Holocene; Human Genetics; Life Sciences; Mandible; Miocene; Original Paper; Phylogeny; Pleistocene; Pliocene; Proboscidea; Stegomastodon; Teeth; South America; North America; Paleomastozoology; Proboscidea; Neogene; Evolution; Taxonomy

The diversity of South American proboscideans during the Quaternary has been a subject of discussion for decades. The presence of Cuvieronius hyodon in South America is unquestioned and unanimous; however, the taxonomy of the known second South American proboscidean is still a controversy. Some auth...