Nature Communications (Jun 2017)
A mitogenomic timetree for Darwin’s enigmatic South American mammal Macrauchenia patachonica
- Michael Westbury,
- Sina Baleka,
- Axel Barlow,
- Stefanie Hartmann,
- Johanna L.A. Paijmans,
- Alejandro Kramarz,
- Analía M Forasiepi,
- Mariano Bond,
- Javier N. Gelfo,
- Marcelo A. Reguero,
- Patricio López-Mendoza,
- Matias Taglioretti,
- Fernando Scaglia,
- Andrés Rinderknecht,
- Washington Jones,
- Francisco Mena,
- Guillaume Billet,
- Christian de Muizon,
- José Luis Aguilar,
- Ross D.E. MacPhee,
- Michael Hofreiter
Affiliations
- Michael Westbury
- University of Potsdam, Institute of Biochemistry and Biology
- Sina Baleka
- University of Potsdam, Institute of Biochemistry and Biology
- Axel Barlow
- University of Potsdam, Institute of Biochemistry and Biology
- Stefanie Hartmann
- University of Potsdam, Institute of Biochemistry and Biology
- Johanna L.A. Paijmans
- University of Potsdam, Institute of Biochemistry and Biology
- Alejandro Kramarz
- CONICET and Sección Paleontología de Vertebrados, Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales ‘Bernardino Rivadavia’
- Analía M Forasiepi
- IANIGLA, CCT-CONICET Mendoza
- Mariano Bond
- CONICET and División Paleontología Vertebrados, Museo de La Plata, Paseo del Bosque s/n°
- Javier N. Gelfo
- CONICET and División Paleontología Vertebrados, Museo de La Plata, Paseo del Bosque s/n°
- Marcelo A. Reguero
- CONICET and División Paleontología Vertebrados, Museo de La Plata, Paseo del Bosque s/n°
- Patricio López-Mendoza
- ARQMAR, Center for Maritime Archeology Research of the South Eastern Pacific
- Matias Taglioretti
- Museo Municipal de Ciencias Naturales ‘Lorenzo Scaglia’
- Fernando Scaglia
- Museo Municipal de Ciencias Naturales ‘Lorenzo Scaglia’
- Andrés Rinderknecht
- Museo Nacional de Historia Natural
- Washington Jones
- Museo Nacional de Historia Natural
- Francisco Mena
- Centro de Investigación en Ecosistemas de la Patagonia
- Guillaume Billet
- Département Origines et Évolution, Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, CR2P (CNRS, MNHN, UPMC, Sorbonne-Université)
- Christian de Muizon
- Département Origines et Évolution, Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, CR2P (CNRS, MNHN, UPMC, Sorbonne-Université)
- José Luis Aguilar
- Museo Paleontológico de San Pedro ‘Fray Manuel de Torres’
- Ross D.E. MacPhee
- Department of Mammalogy, American Museum of Natural History
- Michael Hofreiter
- University of Potsdam, Institute of Biochemistry and Biology
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15951
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 8,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 8
Abstract
Classification of the extinct South American native ungulates (SANUs) has posed a challenge given the absence of close, surviving relatives. Here, Westburyet al. sequence the mitochondrial genome of the extinct SANU Macrauchenia patachonicaand reconstruct the evolutionary history of the lineage.
