- tree sloths, and armadillos.
Extinct xenarthrans include the glyptodonts,
pampatheres and
ground sloths.
Xenarthrans originated in
South America during...
-
continent of
South America around 60
million years ago. One
study found that
xenarthrans broke off from
other placental mammals around 100
million years ago....
- land mammals, such as the
afrotherians (elephants, aardvarks, etc.),
xenarthrans (armadillos, anteaters, and sloths), and
numerous families of bats and...
- is very
similar to
equivalent South American faunas; with marsupials,
xenarthrans, litoptern, and
astrapotherian ungulates, as well as
gondwanatheres and...
- australidelphians.
Cohort Placentalia:
placentals Magnorder Xenarthra:
xenarthrans Magnorder Epitheria:
epitheres Superorder †Leptictida
Superorder Preptotheria...
- Interchange, as did pampatheres,
armadillos and a
number of
other types of
xenarthrans (e.g.,
ground sloths).
Analysis of
inner ear
morphology corroborates...
-
Provides a
Reference PhyloGenetic Framework and
Timescale for
Living Xenarthrans".
Molecular Biology and Evolution. 33 (3): 621–642. doi:10.1093/molbev/msv250...
- This is a list of
herbivorous animals,
organized in a
roughly taxonomic manner. In general,
entries consist of
animal species known with good certainty...
-
Patagonia (Cueva del Milodón
Natural Monument) to Alaska. Sloths, and
xenarthrans as a whole,
represent one of the more
successful South American groups...
-
Provides a
Reference PhyloGenetic Framework and
Timescale for
Living Xenarthrans".
Molecular Biology and Evolution. 33 (3): 621–642. doi:10.1093/molbev/msv250...
