Fossil sloths are regarded as obligate herbivores for reasons including peculiarities of their
craniodental morphology and that all living sloths feed exclusively on plants. We challenge …

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 …

Palaeoecological interpretations are based on our understanding of dietary and habitat
preferences of fossil taxa. While morphology provides approximations of diets, stable …

The living tree sloths Choloepus and Bradypus are the only remaining members of Folivora,
a major xenarthran radiation that occupied a wide range of habitats in many parts of the …

Understanding woolly mammoth ecology is key to understanding Pleistocene community
dynamics and evaluating the roles of human hunting and climate change in late Quaternary …

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 …

The late Rancholabrean (> 10,000 years ago) Saltville Quarry in Virginia, USA preserves a
community of basal herbivores, including several families of giant mammals, representing a …

In this study, we review the history of proboscideans in the Great Lakes region (Ontario and
western New York) in the context of local glacial and vegetational histories. Further, we …

Within ancient ecosystems, it is generally difficult to determine the specific diets of species
from higher trophic levels, which in turn hinders our understanding of trophic relationships …

The mobility and dietary preferences of now‐extinct proboscideans have not been
comprehensively examined in the central USA. We used stable carbon (δ13C), oxygen …