Here we estimate the body mass of 10 iconic species of extinct xenarthrans (cingulates and
sloths) from the Quaternary of Brazil using two sets of predictive equations based on …

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 …

Sloths are represented today only by two distantly-related small, arboreal, and folivorous
genera. However, the fossil record of the clade is composed of many more taxa, with much …

Nothrotherium maquinense, an extinct sloth species that existed alongside other megafauna
during the Pleistocene, has been a subject of intense debate regarding various aspects of its …

A rich assemblage of fossil sloths is recognized in the southwestern Brazilian Amazon,
Upper Solimões Formation (Acre Basin), and represents some of the most diverse Folivora …

Although extinct sloths exhibited a wide range of dietary habits, modes of locomotion, and
occupied various niches across the Americas, modern sloths are considered quite similar in …

Protolipterna ellipsodontoides is a small bunodont South American native ungulate,
generally considered an early litoptern, exclusively found in the Palaeogene Itaboraí Basin …

Tank deposits are primary sources of Quaternary mammalian remains in the Brazilian
Intertropical Region (BIR). Here, we conducted taxonomic, macroscopic taphonomic, stable …

Los Folivora (Mammalia, Xenarthra) cuentan con extensos estudios que incluyen
sistemática, filogenia, paleobiogeografía y paleoecología, siendo escaso el conocimiento …