From Darwin's Fossil Discovery to Evolutionary Gigantism: The Story of Macraucheniidae Body Size
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Javier N. Gelfo
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communities.springernature.comFrom Darwin's Fossil Discovery to Evolutionary Gigantism: The Story of Macraucheniidae Body Sizespringernature.comDuring the HMS Beagle voyage, Charles Darwin discovered in Patagonia, Argentina, the fossil later named Macrauchenia by Richard Owen. Nearly 200 years later, this long-necked mammal with nostrils above its eyes still poses a question: how did its lineage become progressively larger?
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