The extinct megamammals Eremotherium laurillardi (weight 6550 kg), Notiomastodon
platensis (w= 6000 kg), Toxodon platensis (w= 3090 kg), Valgipes bucklandi (w= 980 kg) …

The analysis of stable isotopes on fossil mammals has become a widely used tool for
understanding the paleoecology and paleodiet of these organisms. In this work, we study …

This study aims at assessing resource and habitat use, niche occupation and trophic
interactions from a stable isotope perspective on fossil mammals from the Argentine Pampas …

Prehistoric and recent extinctions of large-bodied terrestrial herbivores had significant and
lasting impacts on Earth's ecosystems due to the loss of their distinct trait combinations. The …

This paper provides diet interpretations for nine giant ground sloth species that lived in the
Brazilian Intertropical Region, through the relative muzzle width technique and occlusal …

Megamammals constituted an important component in the Pleistocene faunal communities
of South America. Paleobiological and paleoecological studies involving different …

Stable carbon isotope analyses of vertebrate hard tissues such as bones, teeth, and tusks
provide information about animal diets in ecological, archeological, and paleontological …

A well-preserved fetus of the extinct nothrotheriid sloth Nothrotherium maquinense,
recovered in situ within the skeletal remains of its mother from the karstic cave Toca da Boa …

Late Pleistocene sloths were widely distributed and present in a diversity of habitats in
South, Central, and North America and some Caribbean Islands. Late Pleistocene sloths …

Sloths represent one of the most successful South American clades that reached North
America during the Great American Biotic Interchange (GABI). At least four families are …