Xibalbaonyx exinferis Stinnesbeck et al., 2021
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: Late Pleistocene
Distribution
Mexico
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Stinnesbeck, Sarah R. et al. (2021). Xibalbaonyx exinferis n. sp. (Megalonychidae), a new Pleistocene ground sloth from the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico. Historical Biology 33(10): 1952-1963. https://doi.org/10.1080/08912963.2020.1754817
Other references:
McDonald, H. Gregory. (2021). Yukon to the Yucatan: Habitat partitioning in North American Late Pleistocene ground sloths (Xenarthra, Pilosa). Journal of Palaeosciences 70: 237-251.
McDonald, H. Gregory. (2023). A Tale of Two Continents (and a Few Islands): Ecology and Distribution of Late Pleistocene Sloths. Land 12(6): 1192. https://doi.org/10.3390/land12061192