Definitions
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- proper noun A taxonomic
superorder within theinfraclass Eutheria — theanteaters ,sloths ,armadillos ,glyptodonts , andpampatheriids .
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- noun armadillos; American anteaters; sloths
Etymologies
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Examples
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I read, first "The aquatic sloth Thalassocnus (Mammalia, Xenarthra) from the Late Miocene of North-Central Chile: biogeographic and ecological implications," and then went back to the long-neglected Victorians and the Prehistoric: Tracks to a Lost World.
Pictures That Move, and Pictures That Have Ceased Moving greygirlbeast 2008
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The youngest species of the aquatic sloth Thalassocnus and a reassessment of the relationships of the nothrothere sloths (Mammalia: Xenarthra).
Archive 2006-02-01 Darren Naish 2006
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Tail blow energy and carapace fractures in a large glyptodont (Mammalia, Xenarthra).
More on phorusrhacids: the biggest, the fastest, the mostest out-of-placest Darren Naish 2006
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All orders are labelled and major lineages are coloured as follows: black, Monotremata; orange, Marsupialia; blue, Afrotheria; yellow, Xenarthra; green, Laurasiatheria; and red, Euarchontoglires.
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All orders are labelled and major lineages are coloured as follows: black, Monotremata; orange, Marsupialia; blue, Afrotheria; yellow, Xenarthra; green, Laurasiatheria; and red, Euarchontoglires.
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Molecular systematics of armadillos (Xenarthra, Dasypodidae): contribution of maximum likelihood and Bayesian analyses of mitochondrial and nuclear genes.
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Neocortical neuron types in Xenarthra and Afrotheria: implications for brain evolution in mammals Paleoneurology: Neurodegenerative diseases are age-related diseases of specific brain regions recently developed by homo sapiens Glossogeny and phylogeny: cultural evolution meets genetic evolution
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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