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Pleistocene Mammals of North America

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The article was published on 1980-10-15 and is currently open access. It has received 907 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Platygonus & Homotherium.

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Ecological investigation of a new host-parasite relationship : Parelaphostrongylus odocoilei in thinhorn sheep (Ovis dalli)

TL;DR: At Subarctic latitudes, seasonal patterns in host and parasite availability, including larval shedding by Dall’s sheep and larval development in experimentally infected gastropods, suggested that lambs become infected with P. odocoilei in a narrow seasonal window in their first fall on winter range.

Dental microwear analysis of extinct flat-headed peccary (platygonus compressus) from southern indiana

TL;DR: A follow-up comparison with morefaunivorous animals indicated that the P. compressus diet is more consistent with faunivores that ate softer resources such as certain invertebrates.
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La véritable naturede Megatherium laurillardi (Mammalia, Xenarthra): Un nain parmi les géants

TL;DR: In this article, the restes d'un tres petit megatheride ont ete decouverts dans le site Pleistocene terminal/Holoceneancien de la Lagoa da Pedra a Conceicao das Creoulas (Salgueiro, Pernambuco, Bresil).

Arizona blancan vertebrate faunas in regional perspective

TL;DR: The record of large mammals from Blancan faunas in Arizona is compiled and compared to selected regional fauna from North America as discussed by the authors, showing that Arizona shows the highest degree of faunal similarity in both time periods to its nearest neighbor, New Mexico.