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Title: Record of the giant sloth Valgipes bucklandi (Lund, 1839) (Tardigrada, Scelidotheriinae) in Rio Grande do Norte state, Brazil, with notes on taphonomy and paleoecology
Keywords: Brazilian intertropical region
Giant sloth
Paleoecology
Stable carbon
Taphonomy
Pleistocene
Oxygen isotopes
Issue Date: Apr-2013
Publisher: Elsevier
Citation: PEREIRA, I. C. dos S.; DANTAS, M. A. T.; FERREIRA, R. L. Record of the giant sloth Valgipes bucklandi (Lund, 1839) (Tardigrada, Scelidotheriinae) in Rio Grande do Norte state, Brazil, with notes on taphonomy and paleoecology. Journal of South American Earth Sciences, [S.l.], v. 43, p. 42-45, Apr. 2013. DOI: 10.1016/j.jsames.2012.11.004.
Abstract: This paper presents the first record of the species Valgipes bucklandi in Rio Grande do Norte state, in the Brazilian Intertropical Region (BIR). This occurrence extends the distribution of this taxon in the BIR. Taphonomic information recovered from this finding indicated that the carcass was probably exposed in a hot and dry environment, whereas carbon isotope data revealed that V. bucklandi had a browser diet (δ13C = −10.17‰), living in more closed environments.
URI: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0895981112001617
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