Among the several positive developments in xenarthran studies over the past 20 years have
been the training of and active participation by many new researchers, prospecting of …

The present work concerns xenarthrans from the collection of Santiago (Kaspar Jakob) Roth
(1850–1924) housed at the Palaeontological Institute and Museum of the University of …

Mexico is critical to understanding many aspects of the paleoecology and biogeography of
xenarthrans in North America following their dispersal from South America during the Great …

A revision of Peruvian Xenarthra and the discovery of new specimens have increased our
knowledge of the Order in this country. About thirty sites from three geographic regions …

Sloths are one of the most conspicuous groups of the mammalian fauna of South America.
They were widely distributed and extremely diversified in terrestrial environments from the …

The late Oligocene mammalian fauna of Quebrada Fiera is one of the most diverse of the
Deseadan SALMA (South American Land Mammal Age). We describe its endemic …

Sloths were among the most diverse groups of land vertebrates that inhabited the Greater
Antilles until their extinction in the middle-late Holocene following the arrival of humans to …

Xenarthra are, very probably, the most basally branching clade among Placentalia, and the
result of the so-called “Splendid Isolation” of South America. Although this is the only …

Recent studies show Xenarthra to be even more isolated systematically from other placental
mammals than traditionally thought. The group not only represents 1 of 4 primary placental …

The aim of the symposium was to bring together morphologists from around the world that
work on extant and extinct xenarthrans, one of the most fascinating and enigmatic …