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Predation of the giant Miocene caiman Purussaurus on a mylodontid ground sloth in the wetlands of proto-Amazonia

Thirteen million years ago in South America, the Pebas Mega-Wetland System sheltered multi-taxon crocodylian assemblages, with the giant caiman Purussaurus as the top predator. In these Miocene swamps where reptiles and mammals coexisted, evidence of their agonistic interactions is extremely rare. H...

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Published in:Biol Lett
Main Authors: Pujos, François, Salas-Gismondi, Rodolfo
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: The Royal Society 2020
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7480153/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32842894
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2020.0239
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