Published 2021 | Version v1
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Could Eremotherium laurillardi (Lund, 1842) (Megatheriidae, Xenarthra) be an omnivore species?

Creators

  • 1. Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA), Vitória da Conquista, BA (Brazil)
  • 2. Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE), Recife, PE (Brazil)
  • 3. Universidade Federal de Alagoas (UFAL), Maceió, AL (Brazil)

Description

We present carbon (δ13Ccollagen = -10.1 ‰) and nitrogen (δ15N = 6.8 ‰) stable isotopes data for Eremotherium laurillardi (Megatheriidae, Xenarthra) from the late Pleistocene of Brejo da Madre de Deus, Pernambuco (Brazil) and discuss the possibility of an omnivore diet for the species. Our data, although ponctual, reinforce the inferences that E. laurillardi was a herbivore species. (author)

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URL
https://revistas.ufrj.br/index.php/aigeo/article/view/36492/pdf;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Anuario do Instituto de Geociencias (Online)
Journal Volume
44
Journal Page Range
5 p.
ISSN
1982-3908

INIS

Country of Publication
Brazil
Country of Input or Organization
Brazil
INIS RN
52045901
Subject category
S58: GEOSCIENCES;
Descriptors DEI
CARBON 13; DIET; ISOTOPE DATING; MAMMALS; NITROGEN 15; PLEISTOCENE EPOCH; QUATERNARY PERIOD; TEETH
Descriptors DEC
AGE ESTIMATION; ANIMALS; CARBON ISOTOPES; CENOZOIC ERA; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; EVEN-ODD NUCLEI; GEOLOGIC AGES; ISOTOPES; LIGHT NUCLEI; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; NUCLEI; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; ORAL CAVITY; QUATERNARY PERIOD; STABLE ISOTOPES; VERTEBRATES