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Article: A new genus and species of nothrotheriid sloth (Xenarthra, Tardigrada, Nothrotheriidae) from the Late Miocene (Huayquerian) of Peru

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 54
Part: 1
Publication Date: January 2011
Page(s): 171 – 205
Author(s): Gerardo de Iuliis, Timothy J. Gaudin and Matthew J. Vicars
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DE IULIIS, G., GAUDIN, T. J., VICARS, M. J. 2011. A new genus and species of nothrotheriid sloth (Xenarthra, Tardigrada, Nothrotheriidae) from the Late Miocene (Huayquerian) of Peru. Palaeontology, 54, 1, 171–205.

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