Eremotherium Laurillardi (Lund) (Xenarthra, Megatheriidae), the panamerican giant ground sloth: Taxonomic aspects of the ontogeny of skull and dentition

Journal of Systematic Palaeontology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 199-209

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

^a Museu de Ciências Naturais   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d GEORGE BROWN COLLEGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dwarf megathere; Megatheriinae; Palaeobiogeography; Systematics; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

DENTITION; MAMMAL; ONTOGENY; PLEISTOCENE; SKELETAL REMAINS; SKULL; TAXONOMY;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EDENTATA; MEGATHERIIDAE; SLOTHS; XENARTHRA;

EID: 33750213255     PISSN: 14772019     EISSN: 14780941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1477201905001781     Document Type: Review

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