Using a multiproxy dietary analysis combining stable isotopes, tooth microwear and dental calculus of the extinct South American proboscidean Notiomastodon platensis, the authors confirm that it consumed fruits and may have acted as a seed disperser. They assess evidence that its extinction has had cascading consequences for the plants whose seeds it used to disperse.
- Erwin González-Guarda
- Andrea P. Loayza
- Claudio Latorre
