Darin A. Croft is Associate Professor of Anatomy at Case Western Reserve University and a research associate at several museums, including the Cleveland Museum of Natural History. He is an authority on the extinct mammals of South America and has active field programs in the Andes of Chile and Bolivia.

Velizar Simeonovski is an artist based in Chicago who specializes in life reconstructions of extinct species and visualizations of ancient landscapes. His works have been featured in scientific journals and magazines, in the book Extinct Madagascar: Picturing the Island's Past, and in museum exhibits in the US and in his home country of Bulgaria.

Preface

Acknowledgments

1. Time and Geography

2. Introduction to Mammals

Part I. Early South American Phase and the Trans-Atlantic Dispersal Interval (TADI)

3. Tiupampa, Bolivia

3.1 Pucadelphys andinus

3.2 Mayulestes ferox

3.3 Molinodus suarezi

3.4 Alcidedorbignya inopinata

4. Itaboraí, Brazil

4.1 Epidolops ameghinoi

4.2 Colbertia magellanica

4.3 Protolipterna ellipsodontoides

4.4 Carodnia vieirai

5. Gran Barranca, Argentina

5.1 Sebecus icaeorhinus

5.2 Niolamia argentina and Caroloameghinia mater

5.3 Utaetus buccatus

5.4 Thomashuxleya rostrata

5.5 Notopithecus adapinus

6. La Gran Hondonada, Argentina

6.1 Otronia muhlbergi

6.2 Pseudhyrax eutrachytheroides

6.3 Puelia plicata

6.4 Trigonostylops wortmani

Part II. Late South American Phase

7. Tinguiririca, Chile

7.1 Klohnia charrieri

7.2 Pseudoglyptodon chilensis

7.3 Andemys termasi

7.4 Santiagorothia chiliensis

8. Salla, Bolivia

8.1 Paraborhyaena boliviana

8.2 Branisella boliviana

8.3 Anayatherium fortis

8.4 Trachytherus alloxus

8.5 Pyrotherium romeroi

9. Chucal, Chile

9.1 Parapropalaehoplophorus septentrionalis

9.2 Peltephilus ferox

9.3 Theosodon lallemanti

9.4 Nesodon imbricatus

9.5 Altitypotherium chucalensis

10. Santa Cruz, Argentina

10.1 Necrolestes patagonensis

10.2 Borhyaena tuberata

10.3 Hapalops indifferens

10.4 Steiromys duplicatus

10.5 Thoatherium minusculum

10.6 Interatherium robustum

11. La Venta, Colombia

11.1 Neotamandua borealis

11.2 Cebupithecia sarmientoi

11.3 Megadolodus molariformis and Purussaurus neivensis

11.4 Miocochilius anamopodus

11.5 Granastrapotherium snorki

12. Quebrada Honda, Bolivia

12.1 Acyon myctoderos

12.2 Hondalagus altiplanensis

12.3 Guiomys unica

12.4 Hemihegetotherium trilobus

13. Arroyo Chasicó, Argentina

13.1 Protomegalonyx chasicoensis

13.2 Prolagostomus and Lycopsis viverensis

13.3 Neobrachytherium ullumense

13.4 Chasicotherium rothi

13.5 Typotheriopsis chasicoensis

Part III. The Great American Biotic Interchange (GABI) and the Interamerican Phase

14. Acre, Brazil

14.1 Neoglyptatelus originalis

14.2 Thalassocnus natans

14.3 Phoberomys burmeisteri

14.4 Trigodon

15. Catamarca, Argentina

15.1 Andalgalornis steulleti

15.2 Thylacosmilus atrox

15.3 Vassallia maxima and Argentavis magnificens

15.4 Pronothrotherium typicum

15.5 Cyonasua brevirostris

16. Chapadmalal, Argentina

16.1 Sparassocynus derivatus

16.2 Macroeuphractus outesi

16.3 Scelidotherium parodii

16.4 Platygonus marplatensis

16.5 Paedotherium typicum

17. Tarija, Bolivia

17.1 Cuvieronius hyodon

17.2 Glyptodon reticulatus

17.3 Doedicurus clavicaudatus

17.4 Megatherium americanum

17.5 Protocyon tarijensis and Glossotherium tarijense

17.6 Smilodon populator

17.7 Onohippidium devillei

17.8 Macrauchenia patachonica

17.9 Toxodon platensis

Further Reading

Appendix 1. Alphabetical List of Species

Appendix 2. List of Families and Higher Taxonomic Groups

Appendix 3. Mammals of Tiupampa, Bolivia

Appendix 4. Mammals of Itaboraí, Brazil

Appendix 5. Middle Eocene ("Barrancan") Mammals of Gran Barranca, Argentina

Appendix 6. Mammals of La Gran Hondonada, Argentina

Appendix 7. Mammals of Tinguiririca, Chile

Appendix 8. Mammals of Salla, Bolivia

Appendix 9. Mammals of Chucal, Chile

Appendix 10. Mammals of Costal Santa Cruz, Argentina

Appendix 11. Mammals of La Venta, Colombia

Appendix 12. Mammals of Quebrada Honda, Bolivia

Appendix 13. Mammals of Arroyo Chasicó, Argentina

Appendix 14. Mammals of Acre (Brazil and Peru)

Appendix 15. Mammals of Catamarca, Argentina

Appendix 16. Mammals of Chapadmalal, Argentina

Appendix 17. Mammals of Tarija, Bolivia

Glossary

Index