Isotope data from amino acids indicate Darwin’s ground sloth was not an herbivore [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2021 Fossil sloths are regarded as obligate herbivores for reasons including peculiarities of their craniodental morphology and that all living sloths feed exclusively on plants.
Julia V. Tejada +8 more
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A new species of deep-water Lethrinops (Cichlidae) from Lake Malawi. [PDF]
J Fish Biol, 2022 Abstract A new species of cichlid fish, Lethrinops atrilabris is described from specimens collected by trawling at a depth of around 90 m off Monkey Bay, southern Lake Malawi. It is assigned to the genus Lethrinops on the basis of its vertical flank barring, lack of enlarged cephalic lateral line canal pores and the form of the lower jaw dental arcade.
Turner GF.
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Survey of the state of conservation of the Mylodon listai (Xenarthra-Mylodontidae) skin fragment from the Pleistocene of Argentina kept at the Museum of La Plata (Argentina) [PDF]
Ge-conservación, 2016 The aim of the present study was to assess the state of conservation of the fossilized skin fragment assigned to Mylodon listai preserved in a showcase of the Paleontology Hall of the Museum of La Plata.
Daniela Silvana Nitiu +3 more
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Novel 12S mtDNA findings in sloths (Pilosa, Folivora) and anteaters (Pilosa, Vermilingua) suggest a true case of long branch attraction [PDF]
Genetics and Molecular Biology, 2008 We sequenced 12S RNA mtDNA for the majority of the extant species of sloths and anteaters and compared our results with previous data obtained by our group using 16S RNA mtDNA in the same specimens and to GenBank sequences of the extinct giant sloth ...
Maria Claudene Barros +2 more
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Phylogenetic analysis of 16S mitochondrial DNA data in sloths and anteaters [PDF]
Genetics and Molecular Biology, 2003 We sequenced part of the 16S rRNA mitochondrial gene in 17 extant taxa of Pilosa (sloths and anteaters) and used these sequences along with GenBank sequences of both extant and extinct sloths to perform phylogenetic analysis based on parsimony, maximum ...
Maria Claudene Barros +2 more
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First record of Mylodon Darwini Owen (xenarthra, tardigrada, mylodontidae) from Arroyo Feliciano formation (late pleistocene), Entre Rios, Argentina [PDF]
, 2015 In this contribution a new record of M. darwini Owen, based on an incomplete skull (MRHU-1) recovered from the Arroyo Feliciano Formation (late Pleistocene) on the Gualeguay River cliffs, nearly the city of Urdinarrain, is presented.
Brandoni, Diego +2 more
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Resolving the phylogenetic position of Darwin's extinct ground sloth (Mylodon darwinii) using mitogenomic and nuclear exon data. [PDF]
Proc Biol Sci, 2018 Delsuc F +8 more
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NUEVOS REGISTROS DE MAMÍFEROS DEL PLEISTOCENO TARDÍO (MIS 5) EN EL SUR DE LA MESOPOTAMIA ARGENTINA
Publicación Electrónica de la Asociación Paleontológica Argentina, 2023 En esta contribución se dan a conocer nuevos registros de mamíferos del Pleistoceno Tardío de la Provincia de Entre Ríos. Los fósiles provienen de la Formación Salto Ander Egg, una unidad depositada en los valles fluviales del sudoeste entrerriano con ...
Brenda S. Ferrero, Jorge I. Noriega
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Methods in Ecology and Evolution, Volume 13, Issue 11, Page 2419-2428, November 2022., 2022 Abstract The ability to obtain ancient DNA (aDNA) from extinct species has greatly improved our ability to study their evolutionary histories. Most aDNA studies focus on mitochondrial DNA for both population‐level and species‐level insights, due to its relatively high abundance and increased obtainability.
Michael V. Westbury, Eline D. Lorenzen
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Guanaco colonisation of Tierra del Fuego Island from mainland Patagonia: Walked, swam, or by canoe?
Geo: Geography and Environment, Volume 9, Issue 2, July‐December 2022., 2022 A geographical and biological puzzle that has perplexed scientists since the late 1800s working in southern South America: why are there so few vertebrates on the island of Tierra del Fuego compared to the adjacent Patagonia mainland, including the absence of the ubiquitous Guanaco (Lama guanicoe), wild camelid of the south? An interdisciplinary search
William L. Franklin
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