Limb bone proportions, strength and digging in some Lujanian (Late Pleistocene-Early Holocene) mylodontid ground sloths (Mammalia, Xenarthra)

M. S. Bargo, S. F. Vizcaíno, F. M. Archuby, and R. E. Blanco

2000

Article

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 20(3):601-610

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Taxa discussed in this work:

• Cabassous chacoensis
• Canis dingo
• Chaetophractus vellerosus
• Chlorocebus patas
• Conepatus suffocans
• Lutra paranensis
• Oxymycterus rufus
• Potorous tridactylus

Taxonomy:

• Cabassous chacoensis belongs to Cabassous - Wetzel (1980)
• Potorous tridactylus belongs to Potorous - Bargo et al. (2000)
• Canis dingo belongs to Canis - Bargo et al. (2000)
• Conepatus suffocans belongs to Conepatus - Bargo et al. (2000)