Journal article
The phylogenetic affinities of the extinct glyptodonts
Abstract
Among the fossils of hitherto unknown mammals that Darwin collected in South America between 1832 and 1833 during the Beagle expedition were examples of the large, heavily armored herbivores later known as glyptodonts. Ever since, glyptodonts have fascinated evolutionary biologists because of their remarkable skeletal adaptations and seemingly isolated phylogenetic position even within their natural group, the cingulate xenarthrans (armadillos …
Authors
Delsuc F; Gibb GC; Kuch M; Billet G; Hautier L; Southon J; Rouillard J-M; Fernicola JC; Vizcaíno SF; MacPhee RDE
Journal
Current Biology, Vol. 26, No. 4, pp. r155–r156
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
February 2016
DOI
10.1016/j.cub.2016.01.039
ISSN
0960-9822