The Concept of a Pedolateral Pes Revisited: The Giant Sloths Megatherium and Eremotherium (Xenarthra, Folivora, Megatheriinae) as a Case Study

The concept of a pedolateral pes in many extinct sloths began effectively with Owen’s mid-nineteenth century descriptions of Glossotherium and Megatherium. Pedolaterality denotes a pes that is habitually inverted, with the digital plane oriented nearly vertically so that weight is borne largely by...

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Autores principales: Toledo, Néstor, De Iuliis, Gerardo, Vizcaíno, Sergio Fabián, Bargo, M. Susana
Formato: Articulo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2018
Materias:
Paleontología
Xenarthra
Folivora
extinct sloth
foot inversion
foot anatomy
Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/80692
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SEDICI (UNLP) de Universidad Nacional de La Plata

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