Valgipes bucklandi Lund, 1839
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Megalonyx bucklandi Lund, 1839; Platyonyx bucklandi Lund, 1842 [replaced name]; Valgipes deformis Gervais, 1874
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: Late Pleistocene
Distribution
Brazil
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
do Amaral, Roberta Veronese et al. (2022). The first evidence of pituitary gland tumor in ground sloth Valgipes bucklandi Lund, 1839. The Anatomical Record 305(6): 1394-1401. https://doi.org/10.1002/ar.24786
Barbosa, Fernando H. de S. et al. (2019). Articular and vertebral lesions in the Pleistocene sloths (Xenarthra, Folivora) from the Brazilian Intertropical Region. Historical Biology 31(5): 544-558. [Abstract]
Dantas, Mário André Trindade, Cherkinsky, Alexander, Bocherens, Hervé, Drefahl, Morgana, Bernardes, Camila and França, Lucas de Melo. (2017). Isotopic paleoecology of the Pleistocene megamammals from the Brazilian Intertropical Region: Feeding ecology (δ13C), niche breadth and overlap. Quaternary Science Reviews 170: 152-163. [Abstract]
Fariña, R. A. et al. (2021). Arroyo del Vizcaíno, Uruguay: A fossil-rich 30-ka-old megafaunal locality with cut-marked bones. Proc. R. Soc. B. 281(1774), 1-6. http://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2013.2211
Hubbe, Alex, Hubbe, Mark and Neves, Walter Alves. (2009). New Late-Pleistocene Dates for the Extinct Megafauna of Lagoa Santa, Brazil. Current Research in the Pleistocene 26: 154-156.
Omena, Érica Cavalcante et al. (2020). Late Pleistocene meso-megaherbivores from Brazilian Intertropical Region: isotopic diet (δ13C), niche differentiation, guilds and paleoenvironmental reconstruction (δ13C, δ18O). Historical Biology. https://doi.org/10.1080/08912963.2020.1789977
Varela, Luciano et al. (2021). 3D model related to the publication: Presence of the ground sloth Valgipes bucklandi (Xenarthra, Folivora, Scelidotheriinae) in southern Uruguay during the Late Pleistocene: Ecological and biogeographical implications. M3 Journal 7:147.
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