… Xenarthra constitute one of the more peculiar groups of the South American … Xenarthrans
include the sloths or Tardigrada, the anteaters or Vermilingua, and the armored xenarthrans, or …

… the systematics and taxonomy of the Santacrucian sloths were published. More recently, joint
expeditions begun in 2003 by the Museo de La Plata, Argentina, and Duke University, USA …

… the paleobiology of extinct sloths and their peculiar adaptations. … 19.4b) are, like those of
anteaters and cingulates, thinner … Pilosa, displays a strong correlation with phylogeny. Among …

… revealing some aspects of the palaeobiology of Pleistocene ground sloths, such as their
hearing … near the boundary between the extant sloth Choloepus and anteaters in this analysis. …

… to allow differentiation from those of other sloths. Comparisons of the mandible and ossicles
… Pujos, 2008, the only other megalonychid sloth known from intertropical Brazil, and reinforce …

… descriptions of xenarthran fossils, … anteaters it was mostly the degree of fossoriality and
arboreality, respectively, that was reconstructed, paleobiological reconstructions in “ground sloths…

… extant and extinct xenarthrans’ humeral diaphysis. The two lineages of extant sloths (Choloepus …
, Megaladapis, the silky anteater, and the two genera of extant sloths, Bradypus and …

… Moreover, all the non-mylodontid sloths were inactivated a priori, with the exception of the
modern three-toed sloth Bradypus and the Santacrucian megatherioid Hapalops, which were …

… that dealt with taxonomy, palaeobiology, biochronology, and … size armadillos, anteaters,
and tree sloths as living species. … nov., a new massive nothrotheriid sloth (Xenarthra, Pilosa) …

… ) and Pilosa (sloths and anteaters). Extant tree sloths, armadillos and anteaters represent a
… The Early Miocene (Santacrucian) megalonychid sloth Eucholoeops infernalis has similarly …