Diet and environment of Mylodon darwinii based on pollen of a Late-Glacial coprolite from the Mylodon Cave in southern Chile

• Published in: Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology
• Main Authors: van Geel, Bas, van Leeuwen, Jacqueline F. N., Nooren, Kees, Mol, Dick, den Ouden, Natasja, van der Knaap, Pim W. O., Seersholm, Frederik V., Rey-Iglesia, Alba, Lorenzen, Eline D.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Chile; Coprolite; Diet; Giant ground sloth; Late-Glacial; Pollen; Antarctic; Esperanza; The Antarctic; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://curis.ku.dk/portal/da/publications/diet-and-environment-of-mylodon-darwinii-based-on-pollen-of-a-lateglacial-coprolite-from-the-mylodon-cave-in-southern-chile(0020b070-22e4-4ff1-a387-2eb11ea78eea).html; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.revpalbo.2021.104549; https://curis.ku.dk/ws/files/285248062/Diet_and_environment_of_Mylodon_darwinii_based_on_pollen_of_a_Late_Glacial_coprolite_from_the_Mylodon_Cave_in_southern_Chile.pdf

We studied the pollen content of a well-preserved coprolite of a Late-Glacial giant ground sloth (Mylodon darwinii) from the Mylodon Cave, province Última Esperanza, southern Chile. The specimen was obtained in 1909 and has been stored in a museum in the Netherlands since. It was radiocarbon dated t...