Cranial osteology of the basal megatherioid sloth Schismotherium (Mammalia, Xenarthra) and its taxonomic implications

T Gaudin, T Scaife, N Toledo, G De Iuliis - Historical Biology, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
This study comprises a comparative description of the skull anatomy in the basal
megatherioid sloth Schismotherium fractum, based on specimens from the Santa Cruz …

The Toro Negro megatheriine (Mammalia, Xenarthra): a new species of Pyramiodontherium and a review of Plesiomegatherium

G De Iuliis, GH Ré, SF Vizcaíno - Journal of Vertebrate …, 2004 - Taylor & Francis
The fossil record of megatheriine ground sloths extends back to the middle Miocene, but
only Pleistocene megatheriines are reasonably well understood. The taxonomy of pre …

The late Oligocene xenarthran fauna of Quebrada Fiera (Mendoza, Argentina) and its implications for sloth origins and the diversity of Palaeogene cingulates

F Pujos, MR Ciancio, AM Forasiepi… - Papers in …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

A new genus of megalonychid sloth (Mammalia, Xenarthra) from the late Pleistocene (Lujanian) of Sierra de Perija, Zulia State, Venezuela

HG McDonald, AD Rincón… - Journal of Vertebrate …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT A skull and a partial skeleton of a large late Pleistocene megalonychid sloth
recovered from a cave on Cerro Pintado, Sierra de Perijá Mountain Range, a branch of the …

A comparative study of the postcranial skeleton of Patagonian and Pampean specimens of the Pleistocene giant sloth genus Mylodon Owen, 1839 (Xenarthra, Pilosa) …

L Brambilla, JA Haro - Historical Biology, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
In this work, we describe postcranial elements of Mylodon listai distributed in collections
from Argentina, Chile and Europe. Mylodon listai remains from Patagonia are clearly …

Late Oligocene Megatherioidea fauna (Mammalia: Xenarthra) from Salla-Luribay (Bolivia): new data on basal sloth radiation and Cingulata-Tardigrada split

F Pujos, G De Iuliis - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
The origins of the distinct sloth lineages are not well documented. The Deseadan SALMA
site of Salla-Luribay presents four Tardigrada and constitutes one of the two oldest sloth …

On Megatherium gallardoi (Mammalia, Xenarthra, Megatheriidae) and the Megatheriinae from the Ensenadan (lower to middle Pleistocene) of the Pampean region …

D Brandoni, E Soibelzon, AC Scarano - 2008 - ri.conicet.gov.ar
The Megatheriinae (Mammalia, Xenarthra, Megatheriidae) are recorded in Argentina from
the middle Miocene to the early Holocene. Only the genus Megatherium, comprising several …

Two new megalonychid sloths (Mammalia: Xenarthra) from the Urumaco Formation (late Miocene), and their phylogenetic affinities

AD Rincón, A Solórzano, HG McDonald… - Journal of Systematic …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Here we describe two new megalonychid sloths from the late Miocene of the Urumaco
Formation (Falcón State, Venezuela), Urumacocnus urbanii gen. et. sp. nov. and …

The basicranium and orbital region of the early Miocene Eucholoeops ingens Ameghino,(Xenarthra, Pilosa, Megalonychidae)

TJ Gaudin, G De Iuliis, N Toledo, F Pujos - Ameghiniana, 2015 - BioOne
New, exceptionally well preserved skulls of the basal megalonychid ground sloth
Eucholoeops ingens Ameghino have been recovered through recent field work in the late …

New remains of glyptodontidae (mammalia, xenarthra) from the Salicas Formation (late Miocene, messinian), La Rioja province, Argentina

D Brandoni, LRG Ruiz - Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract In South America, glyptodonts are recorded since the late Eocene to the early
Holocene. Their fossil record is represented mainly by disarticulated osteoderms during the …