Muzzle of South American pleistocene ground sloths (Xenarthra, Tardigrada)

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 267, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 248-263

  Bargo, M Susana ^a,b   Toledo, Néstor ^b   Vizcaíno, Sergio F ^a  

^a Universidad Provincial del Sudoeste   (Argentina)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y MUSEO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Feeding; Ground sloths; Muzzle; Pleistocene; Tardigrada; Xenarthra

Indexed keywords

ARMATUS; EDENTATA; MEGATHERIIDAE; MEGATHERIUM; MEGATHERIUM AMERICANUM; MYLODON; MYLODONTIDAE; TARDIGRADA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EATING; FACE MUSCLE; HISTOLOGY; MOUTH; MUSCLE; PHYLOGENY; SKULL; SLOTH; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANIMALS; EATING; FACIAL MUSCLES; MOUTH; MUSCLES; PHYLOGENY; SKULL; SLOTHS; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33644869159     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10399     Document Type: Article

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