Morphology and Evolution of the Xenarthra: an Introduction
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DOI: 10.1007/s10914-017-9419-4
Abstract: This special issue of the Journal of Mammalian Evolution comprises a collection of articles presented at the symposium BMorphology and Evolution of the Xenarthra^ organized and chaired by MSB and JAN. The symposium took place… read more here.
Keywords: symposium; evolution xenarthra; evolution; xenarthra ... See more keywords
Evolutive Implications of Megathericulus patagonicus (Xenarthra, Megatheriinae) from the Miocene of Patagonia Argentina
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DOI: 10.1007/s10914-019-09469-6
Abstract: In this contribution we describe a partial dentary with teeth and an astragalus referred to the ancient megatheriine Megathericulus patagonicus Ameghino, 1904 (Xenarthra, Tardigrada) recovered from the Collón Curá Formation (Miocene) at Chubut Province, Argentina.… read more here.
Keywords: miocene; xenarthra; evolutive implications; megathericulus patagonicus ... See more keywords
Molecular sexing of Xenarthra: a tool for genetic and ecological studies
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DOI: 10.1007/s12686-020-01168-2
Abstract: Although sex assignment is essential to study biology and ecology of an animal, in Xenarthra there is still no standardized assay for genetic sex identification. Here, we evaluate the potential of two nuclear fragments [Zinc… read more here.
Keywords: ecological studies; genetic ecological; xenarthra; sex identification ... See more keywords
The evolution of hyoid apparatus in Xenarthra (Mammalia: Eutheria)
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DOI: 10.1080/08912963.2016.1241248
Abstract: Abstract The hyoid apparatus reflects aspects of the form and function of feeding in living and extinct organisms and, despite the availability of information about this structure for Xenarthra, it remains little explored from an… read more here.
Keywords: evolution; hyoid apparatus; xenarthra; morphology ... See more keywords
New Early Diverging Cingulate (Xenarthra: Peltephilidae) from the Late Oligocene of Bolivia and Considerations Regarding the Origin of Crown Xenarthra
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DOI: 10.3374/014.058.0201
Abstract: Turtles of the clade Pan-Testudinoidea have a rich fossil record in North America, including the Caribbean, ranging from the late Paleocene to the Holocene. All earlier reports cannot be substantiated herein. The earliest members of… read more here.
Keywords: american pan; diversity; pan emydidae; xenarthra ... See more keywords