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Sergio F. Vizcaíno
Researcher at National Scientific and Technical Research Council
Publications - 162
Citations - 5069
Sergio F. Vizcaíno is an academic researcher from National Scientific and Technical Research Council. The author has contributed to research in topics: Xenarthra & Cingulata. The author has an hindex of 40, co-authored 158 publications receiving 4585 citations. Previous affiliations of Sergio F. Vizcaíno include Council of Independent Colleges & National University of La Plata.
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Influence of Tertiary paleoenvironmental changes on the diversification of South American mammals: a relaxed molecular clock study within xenarthrans
TL;DR: The observed synchronicity between planetary and biological events suggests that global change played a crucial role in shaping the evolutionary history of extant xenarthrans, and these findings open ways to test this hypothesis further in other South American mammalian endemics.
Body mass estimations in lujanian (late pleistocene-early holocene of south america) mammal megafauna
TL;DR: In this paper, a data set of allometric equations from craniodental and limb bone dimensions in modern mammals was used to estimate the body mass of extinct Xenarthran and epitherian species.
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Limb proportions and adaptations in caviomorph rodents (Rodentia: Caviomorpha)
TL;DR: Morphometric and biomechanical studies were performed to test the relationship between adaptation and morphology of the bones of the proximal and middle limb segments in terrestrial caviomorph rodents and found a functional sequence which seems to reflect an increase in force and muscular development in middle segments of the fore limb.
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Structure and function in armadillo limbs (Mammalia: Xenarthra: Dasypodidae)
Sergio F. Vizcaíno,Nick Milne +1 more
TL;DR: The study demonstrates that the indices of the forelimb (brachial index, shoulder moment index and IFA) do correlate well with digging habits, but also reveals some interesting exceptions, particularly in the most fossorial and most cursorial forms.
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Paleoecology of the large carnivore guild from the late Pleistocene of Argentina
TL;DR: The paleoecology of the South American fossil carnivores has not been as well studied as that of their northern relatives, and the calculation of densities using allometric functions between body mass and population abundance is a consequence of low carnivore richness.