Metabolic skinflint or spendthrift? Insights into ground sloth integument and thermophysiology revealed by biophysical modeling and clumped isotope paleothermometry
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DOI: 10.1007/s10914-024-09743-2
Abstract: Remains of megatheres have been known since the 18th -century and were among the first megafaunal vertebrates to be studied. While several examples of preserved integument show a thick coverage of fur for smaller ground… read more here.
Keywords: ground sloth; clumped isotope; ground sloths; isotope paleothermometry ... See more keywords