Hystricognathy vs Sciurognathy in the Rodent Jaw: A New Morphometric Assessment of Hystricognathy Applied to the Living Fossil Laonastes (Diatomyidae)

L Hautier, R Lebrun, S Saksiri, J Michaux… - PLoS …, 2011 - journals.plos.org
While exceptional for an intense diversification of lineages, the evolutionary history of the
order Rodentia comprises only a limited number of morphological morphotypes for the …

The paleobiology of Santacrucian primates

RF Kay, JMG Perry, MD Malinzak… - … in Patagonia: High …, 2012 - books.google.com
Over the past century, the Santa Cruz Formation of coastal Argentina (late Early Miocene)
has yielded a remarkable collection of platyrrhine primates. With few notable exceptions …

Evidence for advanced carnivory in fossil armadillos (Mammalia: Xenarthra: Dasypodidae)

SF Vizcaíno, G De Iuliis - Paleobiology, 2003 - cambridge.org
The euphractine Macroeuphractus outesi, from the late Pliocene Chapadmalalan SALMA of
Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, is one of the largest dasypodids known. Its skull …

Morphology and function of the hyoid apparatus of fossil xenarthrans (Mammalia)

LM Perez, N Toledo, G De Iuliis, MS Bargo… - Journal of …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The analysis of the hyoid apparatus of fossil xenarthrans provides insight on the form of the
tongue and its function in food intake and intraoral processing. The hyoid apparatus of …

The ear region of edentates and the phylogeny of the Tardigrada (Mammalia, Xenarthra)

TJ Gaudin - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 1995 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT A cladistic investigation of the phylogenetic relationships among 21 extinct and
extant genera of sloths (Mammalia, Xenarthra, Tardigrada) was performed on the basis of …

The evolution of feeding adaptations of the aquatic sloth Thalassocnus

C De Muizon, HG Mcdonald, R Salas… - Journal of Vertebrate …, 2004 - Taylor & Francis
The aquatic sloth Thalassocnus is represented by five species that lived along the coast of
Peru from the late Miocene through the late Pliocene. A detailed comparison of the cranial …

Limb bone proportions, strength and digging in some Lujanian (Late Pleistocene-Early Holocene) mylodontid ground sloths (Mammalia, Xenarthra)

MS Bargo, SF Vizcaíno, FM Archuby… - Journal of Vertebrate …, 2000 - Taylor & Francis
The mylodontid ground sloths (Xenarthra, Tardigrada) are among the most intriguing
components of the Lujanian (Late Pleistocene-Early Holocene) fauna of the Pampean …

A peculiar climbing Megalonychidae from the Pleistocene of Peru and its implication for sloth history

F Pujos, G De Iuliis, C Argot… - Zoological Journal of the …, 2007 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The Xenarthra, particularly the Tardigrada, are with the Notoungulata and
Marsupialia among the most diversified South American mammals. Lujanian South …

A new Deseadan sloth (Mammalia: Xenarthra) from Salla, Bolivia, and its implications for the primitive condition of the dentition in edentates

GF Engelmann - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 1987 - Taylor & Francis
Pseudoglyptodon sallaensis, new genus and species, represented by a partial mandible
from the Deseadan Salla Beds of Bolivia, is a sloth of uncertain affinities. The trilobate cross …

Skull geometric morphometrics and paleoecology of Santacrucian (late early Miocene; Patagonia) native ungulates (Astrapotheria, Litopterna, and Notoungulata)

GH Cassini - Ameghiniana, 2013 - BioOne
Three orders of South American extinct native ungulates are recorded from the Santa Cruz
Formation along the Atlantic coast of Patagonia: Notoungulata (Adinotherium Ameghino …