- tree sloths, and armadillos.
Extinct xenarthrans include the glyptodonts,
pampatheres and
ground sloths.
Xenarthrans originated in
South America during...
- is very
similar to
equivalent South American faunas; with marsupials,
xenarthrans, litoptern, and
astrapotherian ungulates, as well as
gondwanatheres and...
-
modern therians. Likewise, some
modern therians like
afrotheres and
xenarthrans have
secondarily developed lower body temperatures. The
evolution of...
- land mammals, such as the
afrotherians (elephants, aardvarks, etc.),
xenarthrans (armadillos, anteaters, and sloths), and monotremes. **** of a bull...
-
Patagonia (Cueva del Milodón
Natural Monument) to Alaska. Sloths, and
xenarthrans as a whole,
represent one of the more
successful South American groups...
- made
primarily because of a lack of the
characteristic "
xenarthran"
joints found in all
xenarthrans,
including tamanduas.
There is
still much
ambiguity in...
-
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....
-
Provides a
Reference PhyloGenetic Framework and
Timescale for
Living Xenarthrans".
Molecular Biology and Evolution. 33 (3): 621–42. doi:10.1093/molbev/msv250...
- not a
xenarthran because it
lacked the
characteristic xenarthran joints present in all
living and
extinct xenarthrans. In addition,
xenarthrans existed...
- polyphyletic/incorrect)
taxon Insectivora; and the
aardvarks with the
pangolins and the
xenarthrans within the
invalid taxon Edentata.
Continuing work on the
molecular and...
