Reassessing the phylogeny and divergence times of sloths (Mammalia: Pilosa: Folivora), exploring alternative morphological partitioning and dating models

DM Casali, A Boscaini, TJ Gaudin… - Zoological Journal of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Phylogenetic relationships among sloths (Folivora) have been extensively studied in the
past few decades using maximum parsimony approaches. Recently, Bayesian phylogenetic …

Cranial and endocranial comparative anatomy of the Pleistocene glyptodonts from the Santiago Roth Collection

ZM Christen, MR Sánchez-Villagra… - Swiss Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
With their odd cranial features, glyptodonts, closely related to extant armadillos, are a highly
diverse group of the South American megafauna. Doedicurus, Glyptodon, Panochthus, and …

Presence of the ground sloth Valgipes bucklandi (Xenarthra, Folivora, Scelidotheriinae) in southern Uruguay during the Late Pleistocene: Ecological and …

C Lobato, L Varela, PS Tambusso, ÁR Miño-Boilini… - Quaternary …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Within the subfamily Scelidotheriinae, Valgipes bucklandi represents one of the
least known taxa due to its scarce records and material found so far. This Pleistocene …

Endocranial cast anatomy of the Early Miocene glyptodont Propalaehoplophorus australis (Mammalia, Xenarthra, Cingulata) and its evolutionary implications

A Troyelli, GH Cassini, G Tirao, A Boscaini… - Journal of Mammalian …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Propalaehoplophorus is an Early Miocene genus of glyptodonts, a group of extinct
armored mammals closely related to armadillos and endemic to South America. Here, we …

Comparative anatomy and phylogenetic contribution of intracranial osseous canals and cavities in armadillos and glyptodonts (Xenarthra, Cingulata)

K Le Verger, LR González Ruiz, G Billet - Journal of Anatomy, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The evolutionary history of the Cingulata, as for many groups, remains a highly debated
topic to this day, particularly for one of their most emblematic representatives: the …

Neurocranial anatomy of Sus arvernensis (Suidae, Mammalia) from Collepardo (Early Villafranchian; central Italy): taxonomic and biochronological implications

A Iannucci, L Bellucci, J Conti, I Mazzini… - Historical …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Suidae remains recovered from the late Pliocene site of Collepardo (Latium, central Italy)
are described and assigned to Sus arvernensis, a small-sized Ruscinian to Early …

Los perezosos Scelidotheriinae (Xenarthra, Folivora): taxonomía, biocronología y biogeografía

ÁR Miño-Boilini, SI Quiñones - Revista del Museo Argentino de …, 2020 - SciELO Argentina
Resumen MINO-BOILINI, Ángel R. y QUINONES, Sofía I.. The sloths Scelidotheriinae
(Xenarthra, Folivora): taxonomy, biocronology, and biogeog raphy. Rev. Mus. Argent. Cienc …

Representatives of the order Pilosa and Cingulata, Furna do Cazuza (Pleistocene-Holocene), Paripiranga, Bahia, Northeastern Brazil

JS de Oliveira Nascimento, JLL da Silva… - Journal of South …, 2024 - Elsevier
Located in the Northeast of Brazil, the city of Paripiranga, State of Bahia, is situated in a karst
region called Supergrupo Canudos. The locality boasts a high number of natural cavities …

Cranial osteology of a juvenile specimen of Acratocnus ye (Mammalia, Xenarthra, Folivora) and its ontogenetic and phylogenetic implications

TJ Gaudin, T Scaife - The Anatomical Record, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The present study comprises a description of the skull and jaw anatomy of a juvenile
specimen of the Antillean sloth Acratocnus ye, from the Holocene of Haiti. Detailed …

Early Miocene Sloth (Folivora) Remains from Pampa Castillo, Southern Chile, Including a Natural Cranial Endocast

NJ Lee, JJ Flynn, AR Wyss, DA Croft - Ameghiniana, 2024 - BioOne
The Pampa Castillo site in southern Chile has yielded a wide variety of Early Miocene
(Burdigalian; Santacrucian SALMA;∼ 18-million-year-old) mammal remains including …