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Diet and habitat of mesomammals and megamammals from Cedral, San Luis Potosí, México

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 November 2016

VÍCTOR ADRIÁN PÉREZ-CRESPO ,
JOAQUÍN ARROYO-CABRALES ,
PEDRO MORALES-PUENTE ,
EDITH CIENFUEGOS-ALVARADO  and
FRANCISCO J. OTERO
VÍCTOR ADRIÁN PÉREZ-CRESPO*
Affiliation:
Instituto de Geología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito de la Investigación Científica S/N, Ciudad Universitaria, Del. Coyoacán, 04150, México, CDMX
JOAQUÍN ARROYO-CABRALES
Affiliation:
Laboratorio de Arqueozoología ‘M. en C. Ticul Álvarez Solórzano’, Subdirección de Laboratorios y Apoyo Académico, INAH, Moneda 16, Col. Centro, 06060, México, CDMX
PEDRO MORALES-PUENTE
Affiliation:
Instituto de Geología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito de la Investigación Científica S/N, Ciudad Universitaria, Del. Coyoacán, 04150, México, CDMX
EDITH CIENFUEGOS-ALVARADO
Affiliation:
Instituto de Geología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito de la Investigación Científica S/N, Ciudad Universitaria, Del. Coyoacán, 04150, México, CDMX
FRANCISCO J. OTERO
Affiliation:
Instituto de Geología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito de la Investigación Científica S/N, Ciudad Universitaria, Del. Coyoacán, 04150, México, CDMX
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†Author for correspondence: vapc79@gmail.com
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Abstract

Using carbon and oxygen isotopic relationships from dental enamel, diet and habitat were inferred for both mesomammals and megamammals that lived in Cedral (San Luis Potosi, north-central México) during Late Pleistocene time. δ13C and δ18O values show that bison, some horses and mammoth were eating C4 plants and lived in open areas, while tapir, camel and some llamas ate C3 plants and inhabited closed areas. All other studied herbivores (pronghorn, glyptodont, mylodont ground sloth, javelina, mastodon, and other llamas, horses and mammoth) had a C3/C4 mixed diet, living in areas with some percentage of tree coverage. On the other hand, American lion and dire wolf ate either C4 or mixed-diet herbivores, and short-faced bear ate C3 herbivores. At Cedral, more humid conditions existed than presently, allowing the presence of a forested area near the grassland.

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Cedralstable isotopesherbivorescarnivoresdiethabitat
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Geological Magazine , Volume 155 , Issue 3 , March 2018 , pp. 674 - 684
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