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Spinal fracture reveals an accident episode in Eremotherium laurillardi shedding light on the formation of a fossil assemblage by de S. Barbosa, Fernando H., de Araújo-Júnior, Hermínio I., da Costa, Isadora, de Araújo, André Vieira, Oliveira, Edison Vicente

“…The Toca das Onças cave is one of the most important Quaternary mammal deposits of Brazil. Two different hypotheses have been proposed to explain the…”
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Integrating paleopathology and paleoecology to unravel the lifestyle of the Pleistocene sloth Nothrotherium maquinense by de S. Barbosa, Fernando H., da Silva, Rafael Costa, Alves-Silva, Laís, Liparini, Alexandre, de Araújo-Júnior, Hermínio I.

“…Nothrotherium maquinense , an extinct sloth species that existed alongside other megafauna during the Pleistocene, has been a subject of intense debate…”
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New paleopathological findings from the Quaternary of the Brazilian Intertropical Region expand the distribution of joint diseases for the South American megafauna by da Silva, Rodolfo C., de S. Barbosa, Fernando H., de O. Porpino, Kleberson

“…To evaluate pathological changes in fossils from the Brazilian Intertropical Region (BIR), expanding the records of previously reported diseases for…”
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Variations in dietary patterns of living sloths revealed by finite element analysis of jaws by Melki, Luiza B., Barbosa, Fernando H. S., Alves‐Silva, Laís, Bergqvist, Lilian P.

“…Although extinct sloths exhibited a wide range of dietary habits, modes of locomotion, and occupied various niches across the Americas, modern sloths are…”
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Bone diseases in a Pleistocene South American native ungulate species: the case of Toxodon platensis Owen, 1837 (Mammalia, Notoungulata, Toxodontidae) by Luna, Carlos A., De S. Barbosa, Fernando H., Gonzalez, Romina, Miño‐Boilini, Ángel R., Repetto, Carolina, Zurita, Alfredo E.

“…ABSTRACT Knowledge of bone pathologies in South American native ungulates is very scarce, which contrasts with other groups of megamammals such as xenarthrans…”
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New remains of Eleutherocercus (Xenarthra, Cingulata, Glyptodontidae) from the Pampean and Northwestern regions of Argentina: morphology and phylogeny of late Neogene Doedicurinae by Nuñez-Blasco, Alizia, Miño-Boilini, Ángel R., Bonini, Ricardo A., Barbosa, Fernando H. de S., Tomassini, Rodrigo L., Zurita, Alfredo E.

“…The subfamily Doedicurinae is a monophyletic group of glyptodonts with their own anatomical features and is mostly known on the basis of the Pleistocene genus…”
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First cancer in an extinct Quaternary non-human mammal by Barbosa, Fernando H. de S., Porpino, Kleberson de O., Rothschild, Bruce M., Silva, Rafael C. da, Capone, Domenico

“…Here we report a parosteal osteosarcoma, a malignant bone neoplasm, in a right femur assigned to the Quaternary ground sloth Nothrotherium maquinense. The…”
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Articular and vertebral lesions in the Pleistocene sloths (Xenarthra, Folivora) from the Brazilian Intertropical Region by Barbosa, Fernando H. de S., Porpino, Kleberson de O., Araújo-Júnior, Hermínio I. de, Bergqvist, Lilian P., Rothschild, Bruce M.

“…We performed a macroscopic study on six species of Pleistocene sloths from the Brazilian Intertropical Region (BIR) including Valgipes bucklandi, Catonyx…”
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Reviewing the body size of some extinct Brazilian Quaternary Xenarthrans by Barbosa, FERNANDO H. DE S., Alves‐Silva, Laís, Liparini, Alexandre, Porpino, Kleberson De Oliveira

“…ABSTRACT Here we estimate the body mass of 10 iconic species of extinct xenarthrans (cingulates and sloths) from the Quaternary of Brazil using two sets of…”
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Exploring trace fossils on megafauna remains from the Quaternary Lagoa da Pedra tank deposit, northeastern Brazil by Andrade, Luana C., Barbosa, Fernando H. de S., Araújo-Júnior, Hermínio I., Duque, Rudah R.C., Peters, Eduarda, Bampi, Hugo, Nascimento, Johnson S.O., Oliveira, Édison V.

“…The natural tank deposits of northeastern Brazil, particularly those with sedimentary filling, are notable for preserving extensive Quaternary megafauna fossil…”
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Osteomyelitis in the manus of Smilodon populator (Felidae, Machairodontinae) from the Late Pleistocene of South America by Luna, Carlos A., Pool, Roy R., Ercoli, Marcos D., Chimento, Nicolás R., Barbosa, Fernando H. de S., Zurita, Alfredo E., Cuaranta, Pedro

“…The knowledge of the paleopathologies that affected large mammals during the Pleistocene of South America has increased in the last years, but most of the…”
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Revealing bone diseases in the Quaternary ground sloth Eremotherium laurillardi (Mammalia, Xenarthra) by Andrade, Luana C., Barbosa, Fernando H. de S., Melki, Luiza B., Oliveira, Edison V., Araújo-Júnior, Hermínio I. de, Maniesi, Vanderlei

“…We performed a macroscopic and radiological inspection in a set of bones belonging to the fossil mammal assemblage of Zabelê Paleontological Site (Late…”
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