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, B., van Leeuwen, J.F.N., Nooren, K., Mol, D., den Ouden, N., van der Knaap, P.W.O., Seersholm, F.V., Rey-Iglesia, A., Lorenzen, E.D.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; Esperanza; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://dare.uva.nl/personal/pure/en/publications/diet-and-environment-of-mylodon-darwinii-based-on-pollen-of-a-lateglacial-coprolite-from-the-mylodon-cave-in-southern-chile(00d85bb5-2fdd-4253-b459-fc96cef55ebc).html; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.revpalbo.2021.104549; https://hdl.handle.net/11245.1/00d85bb5-2fdd-4253-b459-fc96cef55ebc; https://pure.uva.nl/ws/files/65388089/1_s2.0_S0034666721001731_main.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...