IANIGLA   20881
INSTITUTO ARGENTINO DE NIVOLOGIA, GLACIOLOGIA Y CIENCIAS AMBIENTALES
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
artículos
Título:
A new ground sloth (Mammalia: Xenarthra) from the Quaternary of Brazil
Autor/es:
GERARDO, DE IULIIS; FRANÇOIS, PUJOS; CASTÓR, CARTELLE
Revista:
CRPalEvol
Referencias:
Año: 2009
Resumen:
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The record of South American Pleistocene Megalonychidae is
scarce. Of the species described for intertropical Brazil, including Megalonyx sp., Ocnopus gracilis, Valgipes
deformis, Xenocnus cearensis and Ahytherium aureum, only the latter,
recently described, is valid. The new megalonychid species described here was
recovered from the same locality as Ah. aureum. The
latter is apparently more closely linked to the North American Pleistocene
forms whereas Australonyx aquae may be more closely related to the Antillean sloths. The
fossil remains of extant taxa recovered in association with the new sloth species
suggest that the region, currently within the Caatinga biome, was a mosaic of
the Atlantic Forest and Savannah biomes during the final stages of the
Pleistocene.