TABLE 1. List and geometric properties of species used in the present study. Diet following (Redford, 1985). Abbreviations preceding the names of institutions are used to identify the location of specimens: AMNH, American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA; FMNH, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, USA; MNCN, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Madrid, Spain; MNHN, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturalle, Paris, France; ZMB, Zoologisches Museum, Berlin, Germany; MLP, Museo de la Plata, La Plata, Argentina. The data of Eutatus seguiniis is a reconstruction based on Vizcaíno and Bargo (1998).
Taxon | Diet | Collection number | Thickness (mm) |
Model area [mm2] |
Masseter area [mm2] |
Temporalis area [mm2] |
Masseter Force [N] |
Temporalis Force [N] |
Priodontes maximus | Specialist insectivore | AMNH 208104 | 6.41 | 2051.70 | 616.02 | 255.06 | 1.29 | 0.53 |
Cabassous unicinctus 1 | Specialist insectivore | MNHN 1953/457 | 3.51 | 415.75 | 112.08 | 22.91 | 0.37 | 0.08 |
Cabassous unicinctus 2 | Specialist insectivore | ZMB 5913 | 4.60 | 813.05 | 182.24 | 30.86 | 0.70 | 0.12 |
Cabassous unicinctus 3 | Specialist insectivore | ZMB 37799 | 4.48 | 698.77 | 21.75 | 12.27 | 0.70 | 0.04 |
Tolypeutes matacus 1 | Generalist insectivore | AMNH 246460 | 3.56 | 497.40 | 157.01 | 64116.00 | 0.35 | 0.14 |
Tolypeutes matacus 2 | Generalist insectivore | ZMB 47083 | 3.97 | 316.81 | 94.09 | 32.51 | 0.33 | 0.11 |
Dasypus kappleri | Generalist insectivore | MNHN 1995/207 | 3.51 | 971.37 | 105.37 | 153.18 | 0.28 | 0.41 |
Dasypus sabanicola | Generalist insectivore | ZMB 85899 | 2.78 | 527.86 | 150.66 | 71545.00 | 0.27 | 0.13 |
Dasypus novemcinctus 1 | Generalist insectivore | AMNH 133338 | 2.94 | 613.54 | 225.77 | 92174.00 | 0.32 | 0.13 |
Dasypus novemcinctus 2 | Generalist insectivore | ZMB 38343 | 2.93 | 819.33 | 283.15 | 49.13 | 0.45 | 0.08 |
Dasypus novemcinctus 3 | Generalist insectivore | ZMB 31703 | 3.19 | 882.19 | 295.67 | 65.74 | 0.49 | 0.11 |
Chlamyphorus truncatus | Generalist insectivore | ZMB 4321 | 2.00 | 113.19 | 16035.00 | 34006.00 | 0.04 | 0.09 |
Macroeuphractus outesi | Omnivore/ Carnivore | MLP 69-IX-9-3 | 25.97 | 11750.00 | 5328.00 | 1455.90 | 13.89 | 3.79 |
Chaetophractus villosus | Omnivore/ Carnivore | MNCN 2538 | 4.94 | 1038.90 | 300.58 | 156.08 | 0.66 | 0.34 |
Chaetophractus vellerosus | Omnivore/ Carnivore | MLP 18.XI.99.9 | 3.68 | 538.80 | 145.04 | 117.03 | 0.30 | 0.24 |
Euphractus sexcinctus | Omnivore/ Carnivore | MNHN 1917/13 | 5.66 | 1019.20 | 331.22 | 190.60 | 0.72 | 0.41 |
Zaedyus pichiy | Omnivore/ Carnivore | MLP 9.XII.2.10 | 3.51 | 327.35 | 89737.00 | 66091.00 | 0.23 | 0.17 |
Vassallia maxima | Herbivore | FMNH 14424 | 25.97 | 4620.30 | 2208.40 | 140.23 | 10.43 | 0.66 |
Eutatus seguini | Herbivore | Reconstruction | 13.74 | 3517.90 | 890.49 | 551.23 | 3.16 | 1.96 |
TABLE 2. Statistics for the Kruskal-Wallis test: Arithmetic Mean (AM), Mesh-Weighted Arithmetic Mean (MWAM), Median (M) and Mesh-Weighted Median (MWM).
Kruskal-Wallis H | Kruskal-Wallis p-value | Pairwise test p-value: Bonferroni non-corrected / corrected | |||
Specialist Insectivore vs Generalist Insectivore | Specialist Insectivore vs Omnivore | Generalist Insectivore vs Omnivore | |||
AM | 9.429 | 0.0089 | 0.8197 / 1 | 0.0369 / 0.1107 | 0.0058 / 0.0173 |
MWAM | 9.429 | 0.0089 | 0.8197 / 1 | 0.0369 / 0.1107 | 0.0058 / 0.0173 |
M | 9.587 | 0.0072 | 0.3619 / 1 | 0.0368 / 0.1107 | 0.0058 / 0.0173 |
MWM | 9.589 | 0.0081 | 0.5676 / 1 | 0.0358 / 0.1073 | 0.0057 / 0.0170 |
TABLE 3. Values for the descriptive statistics Arithmetic Mean (AM) and Median (M) of the Von Mises Stress Distribution in each of the 20 Cingulate mandible.
Taxon | Nodes | AM [MPa] |
MWAM [MPa] |
M [MPa] |
MWM [MPa] |
PEofAM [%] |
PEofM [%] |
Priodontes maximus | 34850 | 0.024369 | 0.024416 | 0.020965 | 0.021166 | 0.19 | 0.95 |
Cabassous unicinctus 1 | 20223 | 0.019407 | 0.019715 | 0.016175 | 0.015493 | 1.56 | 4.40 |
Cabassous unicinctus 2 | 147443 | 0.021900 | 0.021400 | 0.018200 | 0.018600 | 2.43 | 2.15 |
Cabassous unicinctus 3 | 133183 | 0.018900 | 0.019000 | 0.015300 | 0.014700 | 0.79 | 3.94 |
Tolypeutes matacus 1 | 24202 | 0.017281 | 0.017435 | 0.014982 | 0.014603 | 0.89 | 2.59 |
Tolypeutes matacus 2 | 132946 | 0.016500 | 0.016700 | 0.014100 | 0.013500 | 0.72 | 4.56 |
Dasypus kappleri | 45523 | 0.023298 | 0.023447 | 0.021266 | 0.020468 | 0.64 | 3.90 |
Dasypus sabanicola | 25174 | 0.022948 | 0.023036 | 0.022615 | 0.021783 | 0.38 | 3.82 |
Dasypus novemcinctus 1 | 29249 | 0.022644 | 0.022692 | 0.022301 | 0.021585 | 0.21 | 3.32 |
Dasypus novemcinctus 2 | 133983 | 0.025400 | 0.025300 | 0.023100 | 0.022300 | 0.15 | 3.76 |
Dasypus novemcinctus 3 | 187208 | 0.026300 | 0.026200 | 0.021800 | 0.021200 | 0.13 | 2.77 |
Chlamyphorus truncatus | 48577 | 0.013004 | 0.013131 | 0.009605 | 0.009309 | 0.96 | 3.19 |
Macroeuphractus outesi | 61435 | 0.012038 | 0.011881 | 0.009044 | 0.008903 | 1.32 | 1.59 |
Chaetophractus villosus | 50126 | 0.013269 | 0.013519 | 0.010344 | 0.009984 | 1.85 | 3.60 |
Chaetophractus vellerosus | 26309 | 0.012094 | 0.012253 | 0.009270 | 0.008934 | 1.30 | 3.77 |
Euphractus sexcinctus | 48517 | 0.014003 | 0.014263 | 0.010759 | 0.010404 | 1.83 | 3.41 |
Zaedyus pichiy | 136253 | 0.015548 | 0.015669 | 0.012378 | 0.011875 | 0.77 | 4.24 |
Vassallia maxima | 65549 | 0.009714 | 0.009635 | 0.008301 | 0.008054 | 0.83 | 3.06 |
Eutatus seguini | 76191 | 0.014400 | 0.014449 | 0.011008 | 0.010713 | 0.34 | 2.75 |