Definition of Mylodontid. Meaning of Mylodontid. Synonyms of Mylodontid

- Scelidotheriidae; in fact, the latter was for a time considered a subfamily of mylodontids. However, molecular sequence comparisons were needed for the correct...
- diversity waxing and waning over the course of the Miocene. Megalonychid and mylodontid sloths had migrated into North America by the Late Miocene, around 10...
- occurred in many xenarthrans (armadillos and the extinct glyptodonts and mylodontid ground sloths). The heavy, bony osteoderms have evolved independently...
- was that some ground sloths had bony plates like protective armor (cf. mylodontid pelt below), which coincided with the lore that the mapinguari was invulnerable...
- 1-2 tonnes, it is one of the largest mylodontids (though it was considerably exceeded in size by the mylodontid Lestodon). The oldest finds probably date...
- Choloepodidae Po**** 1924 (two-toed sloths) Family †Mylodontidae Gill 1872 (mylodontid ground sloths) Family †Scelidotheriidae Ameghino 1889 (scelidotheriid...
- Antilles by the Oligocene, and that the megalonychid Pliometanastes and the mylodontid Thinobadistes were able to colonise North America about 9 million years...
- Glossotherium is an extinct genus of large mylodontid ground sloths of the subfamily Mylodontinae. It represents one of the best-known members of the family...
- Bolivartherium is an extinct genus of mylodontine mylodontid sloth that lived during the Late Miocene and Late Pliocene in what is now Venezuela. Fossils...
- of mylodontids like Glossotherium that are suggested to have engaged in digging, the strength of its forelimb is much lower than those mylodontids, indicating...