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Catonyx life reconstruction

Image of mylodont ground sloths

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Description: English: Hypothetical life reconstruction of Catonyx tarijensis showing its inferred feeding behavior. The reconstruction is based on the skull MNHN-Bol V 13364 from the Pleistocene of Oruro (Bolivian Altiplano). Artwork by D. A. Iurino. Date: 2020. Source: Boscaini, A., Iurino, D. A., Mamani Quispe, B., Andrade Flores, R., Sardella, R., Pujos, F., & Gaudin, T. J. (2020). Cranial anatomy and paleoneurology of the extinct sloth Catonyx tarijensis (Xenarthra, Mylodontidae) from the late Pleistocene of Oruro, Southwestern Bolivia. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 69. (fig.7) ([1]). Author: D. A. Iurino.

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