Metabolic skinflint or spendthrift? Insights into ground sloth integument and thermophysiology revealed by biophysical modeling and clumped isotope paleothermometry

Remains of megatheres have been known since the 18th -century and were among the first megafaunal vertebrates to be studied. While several examples of preserved integument show a thick coverage of fur for smaller ground sloths living in cold climates such as Mylodon and Nothrotheriops , comparativel...

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Published in:Journal of mammalian evolution 2025-03, Vol.32 (1), p.1, Article 1
Main Authors: Deak, Michael D., Porter, Warren P., Mathewson, Paul D., Lovelace, David M., Flores, Randon J., Tripati, Aradhna K., Eagle, Robert A., Schwartz, Darin M., Butcher, Michael T.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animal Genetics and Genomics
Anthropology
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Body temperature
Evolutionary Biology
Hairless
Human Genetics
Integument
Life Sciences
Metabolism
Nothrotheriops
Seasonal variations
Temperature requirements
Thermoregulation
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