Ocnotherium Explained

Ocnotherium is an extinct genus of ground sloth known from the Late Pleistocene of Brazil, belonging to the family Mylodontidae, containing the species Ocnotherium giganteum. It is a member of the subfamily Mylodontinae, but its relationship to other members of that subfamily are uncertain.^[1] It had osteoderms embedded within its skin, like some other mylodontids.^[2] It was likely a mixed feeder,^[3] and may have been adapted to digging.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Boscaini . Alberto . Pujos . François . Gaudin . Timothy J. . November 2019 . A reappraisal of the phylogeny of Mylodontidae (Mammalia, Xenarthra) and the divergence of mylodontine and lestodontine sloths . Zoologica Scripta . en . 48 . 6 . 691–710 . 10.1111/zsc.12376 . 201194980 . 0300-3256.
2. Brambilla . Luciano . Toledo . Marcelo Javier . Haro . José Augusto . Aguilar . José Luis . November 2019 . New osteoderm morphotype (Xenarthra, Mylodontidae) from the middle Pleistocene of Argentina . Journal of South American Earth Sciences . en . 95 . 102298 . 10.1016/j.jsames.2019.102298. 2019JSAES..9502298B . 201317034 .
3. Dantas . Mário A.T. . Santos . Adaiana M.A. . August 2022 . Inferring the paleoecology of the Late Pleistocene giant ground sloths from the Brazilian Intertropical Region . Journal of South American Earth Sciences . en . 117 . 103899 . 10.1016/j.jsames.2022.103899. 2022JSAES.11703899D .
4. Santos . Adaiana Marta Andrade . Mcdonald . H. Gregory . Dantas . Mário André Trindade . 2023-05-22 . Inferences of the ecological habits of extinct giant sloths from the Brazilian Intertropical Region . Journal of Quaternary Science . en . 10.1002/jqs.3534 . 258873849 . 0267-8179. subscription .