Predominance of orthal masticatory movements in the Early Miocene Eucholaeops (Mammalia, Xenarthra, Tardigrada, Megalonychidae) and other megatherioid …

MS Bargo, SF Vizcaíno, RF Kay - Journal of Vertebrate …, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
The megatherioid sloths from the Santa Cruz Formation (Santacrucian Age; early-middle
Miocene, Patagonia, southernmost South America) occupy basal positions in the most …

Testing a developmental model in the fossil record: molar proportions in South American ungulates

LAB Wilson, RH Madden, RF Kay… - Paleobiology, 2012 - cambridge.org
A developmental model, based upon murine rodents, has been proposed by Kavanagh et
al.(2007) to explain lower molar proportions in mammals. We produce a clade-wide …

Tooth Size Variation in Assemblages of Tremacyllus (Hegetotheriidae, Notoungulata): Insights into Geographical Gradients, Systematics, and Sexual Dimorphism

MA Armella - Journal of Mammalian Evolution, 2022 - Springer
Tooth size variation within fossil assemblages can be associated with intra-or interspecific
variation, functional, developmental, and geographical factors, and/or sexual dimorphism …

Paleodiet of extinct platyrrhines with emphasis on the Caribbean forms: three‐dimensional geometric morphometrics of mandibular second molars

SB Cooke - The Anatomical Record: Advances in Integrative …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
A three‐dimensional geometric morphometric approach was employed to examine shape
variation in laser‐scan generated models of lower second molars and its relationship to diet …

Allometry and paleoecology of medial Miocene dwarf rhinoceroses from the Texas Gulf Coastal Plain

DR Prothero, PC Sereno - Paleobiology, 1982 - cambridge.org
Barstovian (medial Miocene) mammalian faunas from the Texas Gulf Coastal Plain
contained four apparently sympatric species of rhinoceroses: the common forms Aphelops …

First Approach to the Paleobiology of Extinct Prospaniomys (Rodentia, Hystricognathi, Octodontoidea) Through Head Muscle Reconstruction and the Study of …

A Álvarez, M Arnal - Journal of Mammalian Evolution, 2015 - Springer
Abstract† Prospaniomys is a basal octodontoid recorded in the early Miocene in Patagonia
(Argentina; Colhuehuapian SALMA). Nearly complete cranial and mandibular remains …

Was grass more prevalent in the pronghorn past? An assessment of the dietary adaptations of Miocene to recent Antilocapridae (Mammalia: Artiodactyla)

GM Semprebon, F Rivals - Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology …, 2007 - Elsevier
Molar teeth of both Tertiary and Quaternary representatives of the family Antilocapridae were
examined using mesowear and light stereomicroscopy microwear. Taxa from the Central …

Molar size and diet in the Strepsirrhini: implications for size-adjustment in studies of primate dental adaptation

JE Scott - Journal of human evolution, 2012 - Elsevier
Among the Strepsirrhini, molar size does not exhibit a consistent dietary signal when body
mass is used to size-adjust molar dimensions. This observation is also true for anthropoid …

[HTML][HTML] Isolated petrosal of the extinct sloth Glossotherium tropicorum (Xenarthra, Folivora, Mylodontidae) from the island of Trinidad

TJ Gaudin, J Broome - Bulletin of the Florida Museum of …, 2021 - floridamuseum.ufl.edu
This report is the first to identify the presence of the extinct ground sloth Glossotherium
tropicorum from Pleistocene-aged tar pit deposits in Trinidad. G. tropicorum is known …

The earliest well-documented occurrence of sexual dimorphism in extinct sloths: evolutionary and palaeoecological insights

A Boscaini, TJ Gaudin, N Toledo… - Zoological Journal of …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Sexual dimorphism (SD) is extremely common in species that have reproductive roles
segregated into separate sexes, and it has been recognized in several mammalian …