Grazing in a New Late Oligocene Mylodontid Sloth and a Mylodontid Radiation as a Component of the Eocene-Oligocene Faunal Turnover and the Early Spread of Grasslands/Savannas in South America

2010/09/22 by Bruce J. Shockey, Federico Anaya
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Earth and Planetary Sciences · Psychology · #Bat Biology and Ecology Studies #Biology #Ecology #Evolution and Paleontology Studies #Habitat #Mammal #Paleontology #Pleistocene #Primate Behavior and Ecology #Sloth #Species richness #Taxon

paper · doi:10.1007/s10914-010-9147-5

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