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 …

Species distribution models (SDMs) are helpful for understanding actual and potential
biogeographical traits of organisms. These models have recently started to be applied in the …

The Pampa in subtropical Brazil (State of Rio Grande do Sul) is the only area of South
America known so far where fossils of the Pleistocene giant megatheriid sloths Megatherium …

Intertropical Pleistocene taxa of dasypodids and pampatheriids are reported for the Lagoon-
Barrier III System (Arroio Chuí locality) and for the Touro Passo Formation (Ponte Velha I …

Abstract The southern Brazilian Pleistocene fauna exhibited a rich diversity of large
mammalian herbivores, which are now extinct or locally extinct. In this study, we employed …

Fossils of terrestrial mammals from the southern Brazilian continental shelf have been
known since the late 19th century. The fossils are relatively common and represent several …

ABSTRACT Mylododontidae (Xenarthra: Folivora) includes ground sloths of medium to large
size. Lestodon armatus is a mylodontid that have been found in Pleistocene fossiliferous …

The presence of the extinct sloth Megatherium americanum Cuvier in Pleistocene deposits
of the Coastal Plain of the State of Rio Grande do Sul, southern Brazil, has been mentioned …

São aqui descritos fragmentos cranianos, dentários e pós-cranianos dos ungulados
holárticos Tayassu pecari (Link), Tapirus terrestris Linnaeus, Mazama Rafinesque …

This paper presents the geomorphological features of four areas of subtropical,
southernmost Brazil displaying striking landforms developed upon Precambrian Camaquã …