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Xenarthra (/zɛˈnɑːrθrə/; from
Ancient Gr**** ξένος, xénos, "foreign, alien" + ἄρθρον, árthron, "joint") is a
major clade of
placental mammals native to...
- Lim,
Norman T.-L.; Helgen,
Lauren E. (2008). "The hog-badger is not an
edentate:
systematics and
evolution of the
genus Arctonyx (Mammalia: Mustelidae)"...
- species, only
known from workers, are
recognized and
share small eyes and
edentate mandibles. Two of the
species are
known only from
single worker specimens...
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visiting the
specimen personally, and
using comparative anatomy with "
edentate"
mammals (now
recognised as
members of the
order Xenarthra) in the collection...
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Noble Books. pp. 124. ISBN 0-7607-0154-7. Kellner, A.W.A. (1989). "A new
Edentate Pterosaur of the
lower Cretaceous from the
Araripe Basin,
Northeast Brazil"...
- Lim,
Norman T.-L.; Helgen,
Lauren E. (2008). "The hog-badger is not an
edentate:
systematics and
evolution of the
genus Arctonyx (Mammalia: Mustelidae)"...
- the
super order Xenarthra,
which includes the Cingulata.
Xenarthra are
edentate or toothless. They lack
incisors and have a
large reduction in
number of...
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examples of
polyphyletic groups are algae, C4
photosynthetic plants, and
edentates. Many
taxonomists aim to
avoid homoplasies in
grouping taxa together,...
- Shufeldt, some of the
bones of
Minerva were
interpreted as
belonging to an
edentate mammal by
Alexander Wetmore in 1933, who ****igned the
remaining bones to...
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formerly known as Edentata,
which also
includes sloths and armadillos.
Edentates (meaning
without teeth)
diverged from
insectivores during the Cretaceous...
