New Miocene litoptern remains from Colombia and ecological structure of American Neogene herbivore guilds

Abstract Background The Middle Miocene fauna of La Venta, Colombia, offers a grand opportunity to understand low-latitude South American ecosystems prior to the late Cenozoic Great American Biotic Interchange (GABI). We present new material of two proterotheriid litopterns, Villarroelia totoyoi and...

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Published in:	BMC Zoology
Main Authors:	Andrew J. McGrath, Darin A. Croft, Juan D. Carrillo, M. Gabriela Suárez, Andres Vanegas, Siobhan B. Cooke, Andres Link
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMC 2025-08-01
Subjects:	Litopterna Miocene Colombia Paleobiology Paleobiogeography La Venta
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1186/s40850-025-00232-4