Objective To evaluate pathological changes in fossils from the Brazilian Intertropical Region
(BIR), expanding the records of previously reported diseases for representatives of the …

An integrated taphonomic analysis was applied to a tank deposit from the Zabelê
Palaeontological Site (ZPS) in northeast Brazil. The unique sedimentological evidence …

Six vertebrae (one cervical, three articulated thoracic, and two lumbar) and an incomplete
thoracic neural spine from a new late Pleistocene site at Anolaima, Cundinamarca …

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 …

Abstract The Toca das Onças cave is one of the most important Quaternary mammal
deposits of Brazil. Two different hypotheses have been proposed to explain the preservation …

The paleontological collection of the Museo Municipal de Ciencias Naturales “Carlos
Ameghino”(MCA, Mercedes, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina) includes hundreds of …

Ongoing investigations in submerged cave systems of Quintana Roo in south-eastern
Mexico reveal a rich Late Pleistocene megafaunal assemblage, among them the …

Here we report a parosteal osteosarcoma, a malignant bone neoplasm, in a right femur
assigned to the Quaternary ground sloth Nothrotherium maquinense. The specimen was …

Knowledge of bone pathologies in South American native ungulates is very scarce, which
contrasts with other groups of megamammals such as xenarthrans and proboscideans. In …

This study presents pathological conditions observed in the clavicular joints of the extinct
giant ground sloth Megatherium americanum. Clavicles are key for shoulders and forelimbs …