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 …

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 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 …

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 …

Sloths represent one of the most successful South American clades that reached North
America during the Great American Biotic Interchange (GABI). At least four families are …

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 …

Living sloths represent two distinct lineages of small-sized mammals that independently
evolved arboreality from terrestrial ancestors. The six extant species are the survivors of an …

Xenarthra constitute one of the most representative groups of South American endemic
mammals. The armored Cingulata is recorded beginning in the Itaboraian SALMA (lower …

Sloths, like other xenarthrans, are an extremely interesting group of mammals that, after a
long history of evolution and diversification in South America, became established on …

We report on a small collection of late Cenozoic fossil vertebrates recovered from a lahar
(mudflow) deposit at Locality 12° North on the southern coast of Grenada. 40K/40Ar–dated …