Name - Nothrotheriops

Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:876682 [metadata]

Variants and Synonyms

• Nothrotheriops Hoffstetter 1955

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Recent Publications

• The ground sloths: invaders from South America.
• Nothrotheriops sp. (Mammalia, Xenarthra) from the Late Pleistocene of Argentina: implications for the dispersion of ground sloths during the Great American Biotic Interchange.
• Ground sloth vertebrae identification through multivariate analysis.
• On the Eating Habits of Sloths: Finite Element Analysis and Niche Specialization.
• Occurrence of the ground sloth Nothrotheriops (Xenarthra, Folivora) in the Late Pleistocene of Uruguay: new information on its dietary and habitat preferences based on stable isotope analysis.

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