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The armadillo Propraopus sulcatus (Mammalia: Xenarthra) from the late Quaternary of northern Brazil and a revised synonymy with Propraopus grandis
(Elsevier, 2013-12-13)
This paper describes new remains of Propraopus sulcatus from a late Quaternary cave deposit located in Aurora do Tocantins, northern Brazil. Propraopus was recorded in numerous late Pleistocene–early Holocene sites in South ...
Implication of the presence of Megathericulus (Xenarthra: Tardigrada: Megatheriidae) in the Laventan of Peruvian Amazonia
(Taylor & Francis, 2013-03-25)
Middle Miocene remains of giant megatheriine ground sloths (Tardigrada: Megatherioidea) are scarce and generally located in southern South America. The discovery of a well-preserved edentulous dentary of Megathericulus sp. ...
Comentarios sobre el holotipo de “Scelidodon copei” Ameghino, 1881 (Xenarthra, Tardigrada, Scelidotheriinae)
(Fundación Miguel Lillo, 2014-12)
En el Pleistoceno de América del Sur tres géneros de Tardigrada Scelidotheriinae han sido reconocidos como válidos, Scelidotherium Owen, Valgipes Gervais y Catonyx Lund. Recientemente, un cuarto género, Scelidodon Ameghino, ...
Aspectos Nomenclaturales de la Familia Glyptodontidae (Mammalia, Xenarthra): el caso de Sclerocalyptus Ameghino, Hoplophorus Lund y la Tribu Sclerocalyptini
(Asociacion Paleontologica Argentina, 2007-03)
Un minucioso análisis taxonómico orientado hacia la nomenclatura de la familia Glyptodontidae Gray, 1869 en general y a la subfamilia Sclerocalyptinae Ameghino, 1895 y a la tribu Sclerocalyptini Ameghino, 1895 en particular, ...
Zaedyus pichiy (Cingulata: Dasypodidae)
(American Society of Mammalogists, 2014-03)
Zaedyus pichiy (Desmarest, 1804) is a small armadillo commonly known as pichi. Like all armadillos, it bears a carapace of ossified dermal scutes covered by epidermal scales, but it is the only species that bears marginal ...
MANAGEMENT OF A CARAPACE FRACTURE IN A SIX-BANDED ARMADILLO (EUPHRACTUS SEXCINCTUS)
(Amer Assoc Zoo Veterinarians, 2014-09-01)
An adult female free-ranging six-banded armadillo (Euphractus sexcinctus) was presented with an inverted L-shaped fracture of the left pectoral carapace. The fracture was stabilized with the use of three simple interrupted ...
Ehrlichia spp. and Anaplasma spp. in Xenarthra mammals from Brazil, with evidence of novel ‘Candidatus Anaplasma spp.’
(2020-12-01)
Anaplasmataceae agents are obligatory intracellular Gram-negative α-proteobacteria that are transmitted mostly by arthropod vectors. Although mammals of the Superorder Xenarthra (sloths, anteaters, and armadillos) have ...
Molecular investigation of haemotropic mycoplasmas and Coxiella burnetii in free-living Xenarthra mammals from Brazil, with evidence of new haemoplasma species
(2022-01-01)
Although mammals of the superorder Xenarthra are considered hosts of a wide range of zoonotic agents, works aiming at investigating the role of these animals as hosts for bacteria with zoonotic potential are rare. The ...
Functional and historical determinants of shape in the scapula of Xenarthran mammals: Evolution of a complex morphological structure
(Wiley-Blackwell, 1999-09-01)
The mammalian scapula is a complex morphological structure, composed of two ossification plates that fuse into a single structure. Most studies on morphological differentiation in the scapula have considered it to be a ...
Functional and historical determinants of shape in the scapula of Xenarthran mammals: Evolution of a complex morphological structure
(1999-09-01)
The mammalian scapula is a complex morphological structure, composed of two ossification plates that fuse into a single structure. Most studies on morphological differentiation in the scapula have considered it to be a ...