Xibalbaonyx oviceps Stinnesbeck et al. 2017
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: 10,647 BCE to 10,305 BCE
Distribution
Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Stinnesbeck, Sarah R. et al. (2017). Xibalbaonyx oviceps, a new megalonychid ground sloth (Folivora, Xenarthra) from the Late Pleistocene of the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico, and its paleobiogeographic significance. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 91(2): 245-271. [Abstract]
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.
Stinnesbeck, Sarah R. et al. (2018). New insights on the paleogeographic distribution of the Late Pleistocene ground sloth genus Xibalbaonyx along the Mesoamerican Corridor. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 85: 108-120. [Abstract]
Stinnesbeck, Sarah R. et al. (2021). Life and death of the ground sloth Xibalbaonyx oviceps from the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico. Historical Biology 33(11): 2610-2626. https://doi.org/10.1080/08912963.2020.1819998
http://www.ibtimes.com/fossil-12000-year-old-giant-sloth-discovered-underwater-cave-2579799
http://extinctanimals.proboards.com/thread/22624/xibalbaonyx-oviceps