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

Xenarthrans stand out among mammals for various reasons, one of them being their
musculoskeletal postcranial specializations. Extant armadillos, anteaters, and sloths feature …

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 …

Abstract The Pliocene–Pleistocene transition in the Neotropics is poorly understood despite
the major climatic changes that occurred at the onset of the Quaternary. The San Gregorio …

The phylogeny of mylodontid sloths has recently been the subject of multiple studies.
Contrasting hypotheses have been proposed, especially for the relationships among late …

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 …

Abstract Mourasuchus (Alligatoroidea, Caimaninae) is one of the most peculiar
crocodyliforms due to the skull morphology consisting of a long, wide, dorsoventrally flat …

The first nearly complete and articulated manus of the ground sloth Mylodon darwinii, from
the upper Pleistocene of Argentina, is described. It shares similarities with Mylodonopsis …

Los Tardigrada representan uno de los grupos de mamíferos fósiles característicos del
Cenozoico de América del Sur, pero que también se encuentra representado en América …

We report a new genus and species of sloth, based on a partial mandible and associated
femur, from the early Miocene of Venezuela. Baraguatherium takumara, gen. et sp. nov …