Scientific practices stemming from colonialism, whereby middle-and low-income countries
supply data for high-income countries and the contributions of local expertise are devalued …

Phylogenetic relationships among sloths (Folivora) have been extensively studied in the
past few decades using maximum parsimony approaches. Recently, Bayesian phylogenetic …

The late Pleistocene mammalian fauna of North America included seven genera of ground
sloth, representing four families. This cohort of megaherbivores had an extensive …

The increased availability of phylogenetic, morphological, and geographic information from
different biological groups has allowed for the testing of several scenarios on the origin and …

Ongoing investigations in submerged cave systems of Quintana Roo in south-eastern
Mexico reveal a rich Late Pleistocene megafaunal assemblage, among them the …

The megalonychid sloth Meizonyx salvadorensis was previously known only from the
holotype mandible from El Salvador. Here, we describe the first record of M. salvadorensis …

We report here a new record of a megalonychid sloth from a late Pleistocene mammal
assemblage from Cueva de Iglesitas (Mi. 50), Caracas, Venezuela. This new site, the first …

Ongoing investigation of peccary remains from fossiliferous deposits in the Yucatán resulted
in re-examination of previously identified tayassuid fossils from the region. This included the …

Se reevalúan los fósiles de Megalonychidae del Mioceno Tardío (Hemphilliano Tardío
Temprano) de Costa Rica, procedentes de la localidad San Gerardo de Limoncito, Valle de …

A reevaluation of the late Miocene (early late Hemphillian) megalonychid fossils found at
San Gerardo de Limoncito, Coto Brus Valley, Costa Rica is presented. These specimens …