Sergio F. Vizcaı́no

Research interests

Publications

• An improved approach to age-modeling in deep time: Implications for the Santa Cruz Formation, Argentina

  Geological Society of America Bulletin · 2019 · 10.1130/b35203.1

• The phylogenetic affinities of the extinct glyptodonts

  Current Biology · 2016 · 10.1016/j.cub.2016.01.039

• U-Pb geochronology of the Santa Cruz Formation (early Miocene) at the Río Bote and Río Santa Cruz (southernmost Patagonia, Argentina): Implications for the correlation of fossil vertebrate localities

  Journal of South American Earth Sciences · 2016 · 10.1016/j.jsames.2016.05.007

• Body mass estimation in E arly M iocene native S outh A merican ungulates: a predictive equation based on 3D landmarks

  Journal of Zoology · 2012 · 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2011.00886.x

• On the Evolution of Large Size in Mammalian Herbivores of Cenozoic Faunas of Southern South America

  Journal · 2012 · 10.7208/chicago/9780226649214.003.0005

• A review of the paleoenvironment and paleoecology of the Miocene Santa Cruz Formation

  Cambridge University Press eBooks · 2012 · 10.1017/cbo9780511667381.018

• Distribution of extant xenarthrans (Mammalia: Xenarthra) in Argentina using species distribution models

  Mammalia · 2012 · 10.1515/mammalia-2011-0089

• EVALUATING HABITATS AND FEEDING HABITS THROUGH ECOMORPHOLOGICAL FEATURES IN GLYPTODONTS (MAMMALIA, XENARTHRA)

  Ameghiniana · 2011 · 10.5710/amgh.v48i3(364)

• A baseline paleoecological study for the Santa Cruz Formation (late–early Miocene) at the Atlantic coast of Patagonia, Argentina

  Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology · 2010 · 10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.04.022

• The teeth of the “toothless”: novelties and key innovations in the evolution of xenarthrans (Mammalia, Xenarthra)

  Paleobiology · 2009 · 10.1666/0094-8373-35.3.343

• The biology of the Xenarthra

  Journal · 2008

• Paleobiology of Pleistocene ground sloths (Xenarthra, Tardigrada): biomechanics, morphogeometry and ecomorphology applied to the masticatory apparatus

  Ameghiniana · 2008

• Effects of Land Use on the Distribution of Three Species of Armadillos in the Argentinean Pampas

  Journal of Mammalogy · 2007 · 10.1644/06-mamm-a-006r1.1

• Hypsodonty in Pleistocene ground sloths

  Acta Palaeontologica Polonica · 2006

• Paleoecology of the large carnivore guild from the late Pleistocene of Argentina

  Acta Palaeontologica Polonica · 2006

• Muzzle of South American Pleistocene ground sloths (Xenarthra, Tardigrada)

  Journal of Morphology · 2005 · 10.1002/jmor.10399

• Influence of Tertiary paleoenvironmental changes on the diversification of South American mammals: a relaxed molecular clock study within xenarthrans

  BMC Evolutionary Biology · 2004 · 10.1186/1471-2148-4-11

• Limb proportions and adaptations in caviomorph rodents (Rodentia: Caviomorpha)

  Journal of Zoology · 2004 · 10.1017/s0952836903004485

• Palaeoecological implications of the mid-Pliocene faunal turnover in the Pampean Region (Argentina)

  Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology · 2004 · 10.1016/j.palaeo.2004.07.004

• Functional and phylogenetic assessment of the masticatory adaptations in Cingulata (Mammalia, Xenarthra)

  Ameghiniana · 2004

• Structure and function in armadillo limbs (Mammalia: Xenarthra: Dasypodidae)

  Journal of Zoology · 2002 · 10.1017/s0952836902000717

• Carved teeth and strange jaws: How glyptodonts masticated

  Acta Palaeontologica Polonica · 2001

• Limb bone proportions, strength and digging in some Lujanian (Late Pleistocene-Early Holocene) mylodontid ground sloths (Mammalia, Xenarthra)

  Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology · 2000 · 10.1671/0272-4634(2000)020[0601:lbpsad]2.0.co;2

• Ulnar dimensions and fossoriality in armadillos

  ACTA THERIOLOGICA · 1999 · 10.4098/at.arch.99-29

• Tail blow energy and carapace fractures in a large glyptodont (Mammalia, Xenarthra)

  Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society · 1999 · 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1999.tb00606.x

• New Discoveries of “Opposum-Like” Marsupials from Antarctica (Seymour Island, Medial Eocene)

  Journal of Mammalian Evolution · 1999 · 10.1023/a:1027357927460

• BODY MASS ESTIMATIONS IN LUJANIAN (LATE PLEISTOCENE-EARLY HOLOCENE OF SOUTH AMERICA) MAMMAL MEGAFAUNA

  Journal · 1998

• Skull Shape, Masticatory Apparatus, and Diet of Vassallia and Holmesina (Mammalia: Xenarthra: Pampatheriidae): When Anatomy Constrains Destiny

  Journal of Mammalian Evolution · 1998 · 10.1023/a:1020500127041

• Diet and locomotion of the armadillo Peltephilus : a new view

  Lethaia · 1997 · 10.1111/j.1502-3931.1997.tb00446.x

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