A new nothrotheriid xenarthran from the early Pliocene of Pomata-Ayte (Bolivia): new insights into the caniniform-molariform transition in sloths

Francois Pujos (1) , Gerardo de Iuliis (2) , Bernardino Mamani Quispe (3) , Sylvain Adnet (4) , Ruben Andrade Flores (3) , Guillaume Billet (5) , Marcos Fernandez-Monescillo (6) , Laurent Marivaux (4) , Philippe Munch (7) , Mercedes B. Pramparo (1) , Pierre-Olivier Antoine (4)

1 Instituto Argentino de Nivolog, Glaciolog y Ciencias Ambientales
2 University of Toronto
3 Museo Nacional de Historia Natural La Paz
4 UMR ISEM - Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution de Montpellier
5 CR2P - Centre de recherche sur la Paléobiodiversité et les Paléoenvironnements
6 Instituto Argentino de Nivolog , Glaciolog y Ciencias Ambientales
7 Géosciences Montpellier

Mots clés: anatomy; Bolivia; early Pliocene; Nothrotheriidae; phylogeny; Pilosa; Xenarthra

Domaines: Paléontologie

Francois Pujos, Gerardo de Iuliis, Bernardino Mamani Quispe, Sylvain Adnet, Ruben Andrade Flores, et al.. A new nothrotheriid xenarthran from the early Pliocene of Pomata-Ayte (Bolivia): new insights into the caniniform-molariform transition in sloths. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2016, 178 (3), pp.679-712. ⟨10.1111/zoj.12429⟩. ⟨hal-01689928⟩