A new enigmatic Late Miocene mylodontoid sloth from northern South America

A new genus and species of sloth (Eionaletherium tanycnemius gen. et sp. nov.) recently collected from the Late Miocene Urumaco Formation, Venezuela (northern South America) is herein described based on a partial skeleton including associated femora and tibiae. In order to make a preliminary analysi...

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Main Authors: Ascanio D. Rincón, H. Gregory McDonald, Andrés Solórzano, Mónica Núñez Flores, Damián Ruiz-Ramoni
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Royal Society 2015-01-01
Series:Royal Society Open Science
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Online Access:https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsos.140256