Crocodylian diversity peak and extinction in the late Cenozoic of the northern Neotropics

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Scheyer, T. M.; Aguilera, Oscar Alberto; Delfino, M.; Fortier, D. C.; Carlini, Alfredo Armando; Sanchez, R.; Carrillo Briceño, J. D.; Quiroz, L.; Sánchez Villagra, M. R.
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2013
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Northern South America and South East Asia are today’s hotspots of crocodylian diversity with up to six (mainly alligatorid) and four (mainly crocodylid) living species respectively, of which usually no more than two or three occur sympatrically. In contrast, during the late Miocene, 14 species existed in South America. Here we show a diversity peak in sympatric occurrence of at least seven species, based on detailed stratigraphic sequence sampling and correlation, involving four geological formations from the middle Miocene to the Pliocene, and on the discovery of two new species and a new occurrence. This degree of crocodylian sympatry is unique in the world and shows that at least several members of Alligatoroidea and Gavialoidea coexisted. By the Pliocene, all these species became extinct, and their extinction was probably related to hydrographic changes linked to the Andean uplift. The extant fauna is first recorded with the oldest Crocodylus species from South America.
Fil: Scheyer, T. M.. Universitat Zurich; Suiza
Fil: Aguilera, Oscar Alberto. Universidade Federal Fluminense; Brasil. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Delfino, M.. Universita di Torino; Italia. Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona; España
Fil: Fortier, D. C.. Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul; Brasil
Fil: Carlini, Alfredo Armando. Universidad Nacional de la Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. División Paleontología Vertebrados; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Sanchez, R.. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute; Panamá
Fil: Carrillo Briceño, J. D.. Alcaldía Bolivariana del Municipio Urumaco; Venezuela
Fil: Quiroz, L.. University Of Saskatchewan; Canadá
Fil: Sánchez Villagra, M. R.. Universitat Zurich; Suiza
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Crocodylia
Norther SouthAmerica
Diversity
Late Cenozoic
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spelling Crocodylian diversity peak and extinction in the late Cenozoic of the northern NeotropicsScheyer, T. M.Aguilera, Oscar AlbertoDelfino, M.Fortier, D. C.Carlini, Alfredo ArmandoSanchez, R.Carrillo Briceño, J. D.Quiroz, L.Sánchez Villagra, M. R.CrocodyliaNorther SouthAmericaDiversityLate Cenozoichttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1Northern South America and South East Asia are today’s hotspots of crocodylian diversity with up to six (mainly alligatorid) and four (mainly crocodylid) living species respectively, of which usually no more than two or three occur sympatrically. In contrast, during the late Miocene, 14 species existed in South America. Here we show a diversity peak in sympatric occurrence of at least seven species, based on detailed stratigraphic sequence sampling and correlation, involving four geological formations from the middle Miocene to the Pliocene, and on the discovery of two new species and a new occurrence. This degree of crocodylian sympatry is unique in the world and shows that at least several members of Alligatoroidea and Gavialoidea coexisted. By the Pliocene, all these species became extinct, and their extinction was probably related to hydrographic changes linked to the Andean uplift. The extant fauna is first recorded with the oldest Crocodylus species from South America.Fil: Scheyer, T. M.. Universitat Zurich; SuizaFil: Aguilera, Oscar Alberto. Universidade Federal Fluminense; Brasil. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Delfino, M.. Universita di Torino; Italia. Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona; EspañaFil: Fortier, D. C.. Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul; BrasilFil: Carlini, Alfredo Armando. Universidad Nacional de la Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. División Paleontología Vertebrados; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Sanchez, R.. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute; PanamáFil: Carrillo Briceño, J. D.. Alcaldía Bolivariana del Municipio Urumaco; VenezuelaFil: Quiroz, L.. University Of Saskatchewan; CanadáFil: Sánchez Villagra, M. R.. Universitat Zurich; SuizaNature2013-05info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/13639Scheyer, T. M.; Aguilera, Oscar Alberto; Delfino, M.; Fortier, D. C.; Carlini, Alfredo Armando; et al.; Crocodylian diversity peak and extinction in the late Cenozoic of the northern Neotropics; Nature; Nature Communications; 4; 5-2013; 1-9; 19072041-1723enginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1038/ncomms2940info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/http://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms2940info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-29T10:29:00Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/13639instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-09-29 10:29:00.944CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Crocodylian diversity peak and extinction in the late Cenozoic of the northern Neotropics
title Crocodylian diversity peak and extinction in the late Cenozoic of the northern Neotropics
spellingShingle Crocodylian diversity peak and extinction in the late Cenozoic of the northern Neotropics
Scheyer, T. M.
Crocodylia
Norther SouthAmerica
Diversity
Late Cenozoic
title_short Crocodylian diversity peak and extinction in the late Cenozoic of the northern Neotropics
title_full Crocodylian diversity peak and extinction in the late Cenozoic of the northern Neotropics
title_fullStr Crocodylian diversity peak and extinction in the late Cenozoic of the northern Neotropics
title_full_unstemmed Crocodylian diversity peak and extinction in the late Cenozoic of the northern Neotropics
title_sort Crocodylian diversity peak and extinction in the late Cenozoic of the northern Neotropics
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Scheyer, T. M.
Aguilera, Oscar Alberto
Delfino, M.
Fortier, D. C.
Carlini, Alfredo Armando
Sanchez, R.
Carrillo Briceño, J. D.
Quiroz, L.
Sánchez Villagra, M. R.
author Scheyer, T. M.
author_facet Scheyer, T. M.
Aguilera, Oscar Alberto
Delfino, M.
Fortier, D. C.
Carlini, Alfredo Armando
Sanchez, R.
Carrillo Briceño, J. D.
Quiroz, L.
Sánchez Villagra, M. R.
author_role author
author2 Aguilera, Oscar Alberto
Delfino, M.
Fortier, D. C.
Carlini, Alfredo Armando
Sanchez, R.
Carrillo Briceño, J. D.
Quiroz, L.
Sánchez Villagra, M. R.
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Crocodylia
Norther SouthAmerica
Diversity
Late Cenozoic
topic Crocodylia
Norther SouthAmerica
Diversity
Late Cenozoic
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Northern South America and South East Asia are today’s hotspots of crocodylian diversity with up to six (mainly alligatorid) and four (mainly crocodylid) living species respectively, of which usually no more than two or three occur sympatrically. In contrast, during the late Miocene, 14 species existed in South America. Here we show a diversity peak in sympatric occurrence of at least seven species, based on detailed stratigraphic sequence sampling and correlation, involving four geological formations from the middle Miocene to the Pliocene, and on the discovery of two new species and a new occurrence. This degree of crocodylian sympatry is unique in the world and shows that at least several members of Alligatoroidea and Gavialoidea coexisted. By the Pliocene, all these species became extinct, and their extinction was probably related to hydrographic changes linked to the Andean uplift. The extant fauna is first recorded with the oldest Crocodylus species from South America.
Fil: Scheyer, T. M.. Universitat Zurich; Suiza
Fil: Aguilera, Oscar Alberto. Universidade Federal Fluminense; Brasil. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Delfino, M.. Universita di Torino; Italia. Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona; España
Fil: Fortier, D. C.. Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul; Brasil
Fil: Carlini, Alfredo Armando. Universidad Nacional de la Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. División Paleontología Vertebrados; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Sanchez, R.. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute; Panamá
Fil: Carrillo Briceño, J. D.. Alcaldía Bolivariana del Municipio Urumaco; Venezuela
Fil: Quiroz, L.. University Of Saskatchewan; Canadá
Fil: Sánchez Villagra, M. R.. Universitat Zurich; Suiza
description Northern South America and South East Asia are today’s hotspots of crocodylian diversity with up to six (mainly alligatorid) and four (mainly crocodylid) living species respectively, of which usually no more than two or three occur sympatrically. In contrast, during the late Miocene, 14 species existed in South America. Here we show a diversity peak in sympatric occurrence of at least seven species, based on detailed stratigraphic sequence sampling and correlation, involving four geological formations from the middle Miocene to the Pliocene, and on the discovery of two new species and a new occurrence. This degree of crocodylian sympatry is unique in the world and shows that at least several members of Alligatoroidea and Gavialoidea coexisted. By the Pliocene, all these species became extinct, and their extinction was probably related to hydrographic changes linked to the Andean uplift. The extant fauna is first recorded with the oldest Crocodylus species from South America.
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Scheyer, T. M.; Aguilera, Oscar Alberto; Delfino, M.; Fortier, D. C.; Carlini, Alfredo Armando; et al.; Crocodylian diversity peak and extinction in the late Cenozoic of the northern Neotropics; Nature; Nature Communications; 4; 5-2013; 1-9; 1907
2041-1723
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2041-1723
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