A new Megatheriinae skull (Xenarthra, Tardigrada) from the pliocene of northern Venezuela : Implications for a giant sloth dispersal to central and North America

A skull of a ground sloth from the Pliocene San Gregorio Formation documents a northern neotropical occurrence of a megatheriine that addresses issues on intraspecific variation and biogeography. The new specimen is broadly similar in size and morphology to that of <i>Proeremotherium eljebe<...

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Autores principales: Carlini, Alfredo Armando, Brandoni, Diego, Sánchez, Rodolfo, Sánchez Villagra, Marcelo R.
Formato: Articulo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2018
Materias:
Paleontología
Ciencias Naturales
Anatomy
Biogeography
Cenozoic
Eremotherium
Proeremotherium
Sexual dimorphism
Urumaco
Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/97136
https://ri.conicet.gov.ar/11336/80208
https://palaeo-electronica.org/content/2018/2201-new-netropical-megatherinae
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SEDICI (UNLP) de Universidad Nacional de La Plata

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