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Title: | Comparative skull osteology of Oreomylodon wegneri (Xenarthra, Mylodontinae): defining the taxonomic status of the Ecuadorian endemic mylodontid |
Authors: | Román-Carrión, José L. Brambilla, Luciano |
Keywords: | COMPARATIVE XENARTHRA TAXONOMIC ENDEMIC MYLODONTID ECUADORIAN |
Issue Date: | 13-Dec-2019 |
Publisher: | Society of Vertebrate Paleontology |
Citation: | Román-Carrión, J. L. y L. Brambilla, 2019. Comparative skull osteology of Oreomylodon wegneri (Xenarthra, Mylodontinae): defining the taxonomic status of the Ecuadorian endemic mylodontid. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 39 (4): 1-15. |
Series/Report no.: | Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology;39 (4) |
Abstract: | The diversity reached by the mylodontids during the Pleistocene has been underestimated in the past. Oreomylodon wegneri, the endemic mylodontid of Ecuador, has been considered both a species of Glossotherium and a synonym of Glossotherium robustum. In this work, we provide a detailed description of abundant O. wegneri material and compare it with material of G. robustum from Argentina and other mylodontids. The study presented here shows that O. wegneri was a mylodontid with a singular cranial morphology, especially in the palate and nasal region and is possibly closer evolutionarily to Paramylodon harlani than to the more southern G. robustum. |
URI: | http://bibdigital.epn.edu.ec/handle/15000/20805 |
ISSN: | 1937-2809 |
Type: | Article |
Appears in Collections: | Publicaciones (PALEONTOLOGÍA) |
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