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SUBMITTER: Schubert BW
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6548739 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Schubert Blaine W BW Chatters James C JC Arroyo-Cabrales Joaquin J Samuels Joshua X JX Soibelzon Leopoldo H LH Prevosti Francisco J FJ Widga Christopher C Nava Alberto A Rissolo Dominique D Erreguerena Pilar Luna PL
Biology letters 20190501 5
The Great American Biotic Interchange is considered to be a punctuated process, primarily occurring during four major pulses that began approximately 2.5 Ma. Central America and southeastern Mexico have a poor fossil record of this dynamic faunal history due to tropical climates. Exploration of submerged caves in the Yucatán, particularly the natural trap Hoyo Negro, is exposing a rich and remarkably well-preserved late Pleistocene fauna. Radiometric dates on megafauna range from approximately 3 ...[more]