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Predominance of orthal masticatory movements in the Early Miocene Eucholaeops (Mammalia, Xenarthra, Tardigrada, Megalonychidae) and other megatherioid sloths

M. Susana Bargo División Paleontología Vertebrados, Museo de La Plata, Paseo del Bosque s/n, CIC and CONICET, B1900FWA, La Plata, Argentina E-mail: [email protected]
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Sergio F. Vizcaíno División Paleontología Vertebrados, Museo de La Plata, Paseo del Bosque s/n, CIC and CONICET, B1900FWA, La Plata, Argentina E-mail: [email protected]
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Richard F. Kay Department of Evolutionary Anthropology, Duke University, Box 90383 Science Drive, Durham, NC, 27708, U.S.A. E-mail: [email protected]
Pages 870-880 | Received 26 Sep 2008, Accepted 20 Nov 2008, Published online: 02 Aug 2010

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