A new giant megatheriine ground sloth (Mammalia: Xenarthra: Megatheriidae) from the late Blancan to early Irvingtonian of Florida

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 127, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 495-515

  De Iuliis, Gerardo ^a,b   Cartelle, Cástor ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Eremotherium; New species; Paleontology; Paleonzoology; Pleistocene; Pliocene; Sloth fossil; Systematics

Indexed keywords

EDENTATA; MAMMALIA; MEGATHERIIDAE; MEGATHERIUM; MEGATHERIUM AMERICANUM;

EID: 0033235179     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1999.tb01383.x     Document Type: Article

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