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Diet and habitat definitions for Mexican glyptodonts from Cedral (San Luis Potosí, México) based on stable isotope analysis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 October 2011

VICTOR ADRIÁN PÉREZ-CRESPO ,
JOAQUÍN ARROYO-CABRALES ,
LUIS M. ALVA-VALDIVIA ,
PEDRO MORALES-PUENTE  and
EDITH CIENFUEGOS-ALVARADO
VICTOR ADRIÁN PÉREZ-CRESPO*
Affiliation:
Posgrado en Ciencias Biológicas, UNAM, Ciudad Universitaria, Del. Coyoacán, 04150, México, D. F.
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, D. F.
LUIS M. ALVA-VALDIVIA
Affiliation:
Laboratorio de Paleomagnetismo, Instituto de Geofísica, UNAM, Ciudad Universitaria, Del. Coyoacán, 04150, México, D. F.
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, D. F.
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, D. F.
*
†Author for correspondence: vapc79@gmail.com
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Abstract

Values for δ13C and δ18O obtained from molar samples from three individuals pertaining to Glyptotherium sp. from Cedral (San Luis Potosí, México) are provided and are utilized to infer general aspects of glyptodont diet and habitat. On average this animal showed a C3/C4 mixed diet, with a high consumption of C4 plants. Comparisons of the δ13CVPDB and δ18OVPDB values for glyptodonts with horses, mastodons, mammoths and tapirs from the same locality show that glyptodonts from Cedral lived in an open habitat.

Keywords

Méxicoglyptodontsdiethabitatδ13Cδ18O
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Rapid Communication
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Geological Magazine , Volume 149 , Issue 1 , January 2012 , pp. 153 - 157
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2011

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