Within the hyperdiverse beetle family Staphylinidae, Dasycerinae is one of the smallest and
most cryptic subfamilies, comprising a sole extant genus characterized by a latridiid beetle …

Among extinct sloths, Nothrotheriidae nothrotheriines are characterised by caniniforms
(when present) separated by a diastema from the molariform tooth row and quadrangular …

The aim of this contribution is to describe a femur (MCRS 199) assigned to Nothrotheriops
sp. from the Late Pleistocene of Santa Fe Province (Argentina), and discuss the implications …

Convergent evolution is a major topic in evolutionary biology. Low bone cortical
compactness (CC, a measure of porosity of cortical bone) in the extant genera of “tree …

The integration of morphological and molecular data is essential to understand the affinities
of fossil taxa and spatio‐temporal evolutionary processes of organisms. However …

Recent palaeontological research in submerged caves of the north-eastern Yucatán
Peninsula (YP) in Mexico has resulted in the identification of a diverse megafaunal …

Aim Fossil data may be crucial to infer biogeographical history, especially in taxa with
tropical trans‐Pacific distributions. Here, we use extinct and extant trochanteriid flattened …

Establishing an evolutionary timeline is fundamental for tackling a great variety of topics in
evolutionary biology, including the reconstruction of patterns of historical biogeography …

Extinct terrestrial sloths are common elements of the late Cenozoic South American fossil
record. Among them, Mylodontinae species were particularly abundant in the Americas …

ABSTRACT Mylodontidae (Mammalia, Xenarthra) is a family of ground sloths widely
distributed in the South American fossil record, with members also present in Central and …