The Diet of Pliohippus potosinus [Equidae, Mammalia] from the Late Miocene Paso del aguila Local Fauna, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Por:
Perez-Crespo, V. A., Ferrusquia-Villafranca, I., Ruiz-Gonzalez, J. E., Torres-Hernandez, J. R., Cienfuegos-Alvarado, E., Martinez-Hernandez, E.
Publicada:
1 dic 2021
Categoría:
Paleontology
Resumen:
The diet of the Clarendonian-early Hemphillian Pliohippus potosinus from
the Paso del aguila local fauna, San Luis Potosi, central Mexico, was
investigated using carbon and oxygen biogeochemical markers recovered
from the dental enamel. Results indicate that P. potosinus was a mixed
C-3/C-4 feeder with an important consumption of C-4 plants, and that
lived in a savanna. The lithic, structural and palynomorph records show
the coexistence there of low lands and savanna plant taxa, quite
probably the habitat of P. potosinus and of the camels present in this
local fauna, with mountain slopes where forest taxa thrived, and
constituted the habitat of cervids, also members of this fauna.
Filiaciones:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Geol, Circuito Invest Cient S-N, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico
Univ Autonoma San Luis Potosi, Inst Geol, Dr Manuel Nava 5,Zona Univ, San Luis Potosi 78240, SLP, Mexico
Lab Nacl Geoquim & Mineral LANGEM, Ciudad Univ, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico
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