Turtles of the clade Pan-Testudinoidea have a rich fossil record in North America, including
the Caribbean, ranging from the late Paleocene to the Holocene. All earlier reports cannot …

Among the several positive developments in xenarthran studies over the past 20 years have
been the training of and active participation by many new researchers, prospecting of …

Bone remodeling, one of the main processes that regulate bone microstructure, consists of
bone resorption followed by the deposition of secondary bone at the same location …

Armadillo pups rapidly grow a bony carapace, suggesting a large transfer of calcium and
phosphorus from mother to pups via milk. Because Ca and P in milk are bound in casein …

In conventional geometric morphometric analyses of limb long bones, differences in the
evolutionary capacity of articular surfaces and non-articular structures often remain …

O Pantanal é considerado uma das maiores planícies inundáveis do mundo e possui uma
rica biodiversidade. Das onze espécies de tatus registradas no Brasil, sete ocorrem no …

127f. Dissertação (Mestrado em Ecologia e Evolução)–Instituto de Biologia Roberto
Alcântara Gomes, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, 2018. As …