The oldest known communal latrines provide evidence of gregarism in Triassic megaherbivores

Defecation in communal latrines is a common behaviour of extant mammals widely distributed among megaherbivores. This behaviour has key social functions with important biological and ecological implications. Herbivore communal latrines are only documented among mammals and their fossil record is exc...

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Main Authors: Fiorelli, Lucas E., Ezcurra, Martín D., Hechenleitner, E. Martín, Argañaraz, Eloisa, Taborda, Jeremías R. A., Trotteyn, M. Jimena, von Baczko, M. Belén, Desojo, Julia B.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2013
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3842779/