- Scelidotheriidae; in fact, the
latter was for a time
considered a
subfamily of
mylodontids. However,
molecular sequence comparisons were
needed for the correct...
-
occurred in many
xenarthrans (armadillos and the
extinct glyptodonts and
mylodontid ground sloths). The heavy, bony
osteoderms have
evolved independently...
-
diversity waxing and
waning over the
course of the Miocene.
Megalonychid and
mylodontid sloths had
migrated into
North America by the Late Miocene,
around 10...
- was that some
ground sloths had bony
plates like
protective armor (cf.
mylodontid pelt below),
which coincided with the lore that the
mapinguari was invulnerable...
- 1-2 tonnes, it is one of the
largest mylodontids (though it was
considerably exceeded in size by the
mylodontid Lestodon). The
oldest finds probably date...
-
Magdalenabradys is an
extinct genus of
mylodontid ground sloths that
lived during the
Middle Miocene and
Early Pliocene of what is now
Colombia and Venezuela...
-
Choloepodidae Po**** 1924 (two-toed sloths)
Family †Mylodontidae Gill 1872 (
mylodontid ground sloths)
Family †Scelidotheriidae
Ameghino 1889 (scelidotheriid...
-
Antilles by the Oligocene, and that the
megalonychid Pliometanastes and the
mylodontid Thinobadistes were able to
colonise North America about 9
million years...
-
ancient bison (Bison antiquus), the
caprine bovid Bootherium bombifrons,
mylodontid ground sloth Paramylodon harlani,
megalonychid Megalonyx jeffersoni, true...
- of
mylodontids like
Glossotherium that are
suggested to have
engaged in digging, the
strength of its
forelimb is much
lower than
those mylodontids, indicating...
