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Chewing through the Miocene: an examination of the feeding musculature in the ground sloth Hapalops from South America (Mammalia: Pilosa)

Hapalops, a smaller-sized and early sloth of the Megatheroidea, appeared in the middle Miocene Santa Cruz formation of Argentina. This genus is part of the group from which later, larger megatheroids arose, i.e., Nothrotheriops and Megatherium. Many cranial characters support this idea; however Hapa...

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Autores principales: Naples, Virginia L., McAfee, Robert K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: F1000Research 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4097365/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25075299
http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.3282.1