Natural History of Glyptodonts

Carlos Adrián Quinta is a researcher at the Archaeology Laboratory of the National University of Mar del Plata and Director of the Southeast School of Naturalist Guides. His work has focused on the research of extinct rodent diversity from Pliocene and Pleistocene strata in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina. He has also worked on zooarchaeology and taphonomy at archaeological sites in the Tandilia mountain range in Buenos Aires province.He has published over 40 articles in national and international peer-reviewed scientific journals including: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology; International Journal of Paleopathology; Ameghiniana; Journal of Mammalogy; Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society; Boletín de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural; Mastozoología Neotropical; Historia Animalium, Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment, Current Research in the Pleistocene and Latin American Antiquity.Additionally, he is actively involved in public communication of science. He has published numerous articles and five books on paleontology, archaeology, paleoenvironments, history of science, and critical thinking (one of which was awarded by the Ministry of Science, Technology, and Productive Innovation of the Nation in 2011).

• Introduction.- A Brief History of the Double Discovery of Glyptodonts.- Glyptodonts: The Different Mammals.- Phylogeny and Classification.-Glyptodonts: Diversity and Phylogenetic Relationships.- Evolution, Time and Geography.- Improbable Glyptodonts.- The Last of Glyptodonts.