In recent years, the increase in studies on the inner ear anatomy of xenarthrans provided
new insights regarding some locomotor and phylogenetic aspects. These works have begun …

Several detailed studies of the external morphology of the ear region in extinct sloths have
been published in the past few decades, and this anatomical region has proved extremely …

We describe the bony labyrinth morphology of the Eocene 'archaic ungulate'Hyopsodus
lepidus (Bridgerian, North America) reconstructed from micro computed tomography scan …

The pink fairy armadillo Chlamyphorus truncatus is the smallest extant armadillo and one of
the least‐known fossorial mammals. The aim of this study was to establish if its middle ear is …

We present a survey of the morphological diversity of the bony labyrinth of the inner ear in
Xenarthra, including the fossil ground sloth Megatherium. Using a combination of traditional …

Glyptodonts were giant (some of them up to~ 2400 kg), heavily armoured relatives of living
armadillos, which became extinct during the Late Pleistocene/early Holocene alongside …

The evolutionary history of the Cingulata, as for many groups, remains a highly debated
topic to this day, particularly for one of their most emblematic representatives: the …

Extant tree sloths are uniquely slow mammals with a very specialized suspensory behavior.
To improve our understanding of their peculiar evolution, we investigated the inner ear …

Abstract Propalaehoplophorus is an Early Miocene genus of glyptodonts, a group of extinct
armored mammals closely related to armadillos and endemic to South America. Here, we …

The diversity of the order Cingulata is much higher in the fossil record than that represented
by the extant species. While pampatheres, one of its extinct groups, are superficially similar …