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A review of uniformitarianism, its applications in paleontology and the particularities of the fossil record of Mexican land animals
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https://doi.org/10.33064/iycuaa2020813232Abstract
The study of fossil record allows the proposal of hypotheses about past environments. Comparisons with recent analogues are based on the study of several proxies. The aim of the article is to discuss examples the reliability of those hypotheses about past environmental conditions. Also, is discussed why the concept of uniformitarianism could be misunderstood and wrongly applied in several studies, leading weak interpretations. Several causes of lack of valid interpretations of ancient environments in Mexican territory are discussed, mainly the absence of modern analogues. Based on fossil terrestrial organisms examples, the singularity of the Mexican fossil record is discussed, as well as the limitations in the interpretation of past environments and biochronology.
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land-mammal-ages/
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https://repositorio.unam.mx/contenidos/63006
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• McDonald, H. G., & Carranza-Castañeda, O. (2017). Increased xenarthran diversity of the Great American Biotic Interchange: A new genus and species of ground sloth (Mammalia, Xenarthra, Megalonychidae) from the Hemphillian (late Miocene) of Jalisco, Mexico. Journal of Paleontology, 91(5), 1069-1082. doi: 10.1017/jpa.2017.45
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• Ramírez-Barahona, S., & Eguiarte, L. E. (2013). The role of glacial cycles in promoting genetic diversity in the Neotropics: The case of cloud forests during the Last Glacial Maximum. Ecology and Evolution, 3(3), 725-738. doi: 10.1002/ece3.483
• Rincón, A. D., Czaplewski, N. J., Montellano-Ballesteros, M., & Benammi, M. (2016). New species of Postcopemys (Cricetidae: Rodentia) from the early Pliocene of Lago de Chapala, Jalisco, Mexico. The Southwestern Naturalist, 61(2), 108-118. doi: 10.1894/15-00082R2.1
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• Romano, M. (2015). Reviewing the term uniformitarianism in modern Earth sciences. Earth-Science Reviews, 148, 65-76. doi: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2015.05.010
• Samuels, J. X., Meachen-Samuels, J. A., & Gensler, P. A. (2009). The first mid-Blancan occurrence of Agriotherium (Ursidae) in North America: A record from Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument, Idaho. Journal of Paleontology, 83(4), 597-603. doi: 10.1666/08-112R.1
• Sánchez-Villagra, M. R. (2010). Suture closure as a paradigm to study late growth in recent and fossil mammals: A case study with giant deer and dwarf deer skulls. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 30, 1895-1898. doi: 10.1080/02724634.2010.521218
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Guerrero Arenas, R., Jiménez-Hidalgo, E., & Bravo-Cuevas, V. M. (2020). A review of uniformitarianism, its applications in paleontology and the particularities of the fossil record of Mexican land animals. Investigación Y Ciencia De La Universidad Autónoma De Aguascalientes, (81), 74–81. https://doi.org/10.33064/iycuaa2020813232
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