The sloths that dispersed into Central and North America were most likely derived from
tropical taxa, as indicated by their high occlusal surface area (OSA) in comparison with body …

This paper provides diet interpretations for nine giant ground sloth species that lived in the
Brazilian Intertropical Region, through the relative muzzle width technique and occlusal …

We describe a new taxon of mylodontid sloth from the late Oligocene (Deseadan South
American Land Mammal “age”), Salla Beds of Bolivia. This taxon, Paroctodontotherium …

Modern sloths are among the more characteristic mammals of South and Central American
faunas. Recent discovery in four Paleogene, 22 Neogene, and dozens of Pleistocene …

The occasion of the Xenarthra Symposium during the ICVM 9 meeting allowed us to reflect
on the considerable advances in the knowledge of sloths made by the “X-community” over …

Late Pleistocene sloths were widely distributed and present in a diversity of habitats in
South, Central, and North America and some Caribbean Islands. Late Pleistocene sloths …

Sloths are among the most characteristic elements of the Cainozoic of South America and
are represented, during the Pleistocene, by approximately nine genera of gigantic ground …

Specimens of Nothrotheriops shastensis (25 juvenile mandibles or fragments, and 22
maxillae and fragments) from San Josecito Cave, Mexico, Shelter Cave, Conkling Cavern …

We examined the feeding strategy of the extinct hypsodont antilocaprid Stockoceros
onusrosagris through an analysis of tooth mesowear and microwear and compared it to …

Abstract The Columbian mammoth (Mammuthus columbi) and the American mastodon
(Mammut americanum) have traditionally been considered to have been ecologically …