Massive Quaternary Brazilian Ground Sloth Tunnels - Online Papers

[Oxytropidoceras]

Get Lost in Mega-Tunnels Dug by South American Megafauna

By Andrew Jenner, March 28, 2017

https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/get-lost-in-mega-tunnels-dug-by-south-american-megafauna

 

This Massive Tunnel in South America Was Dug by Ancient 

Mega-Sloths, BEC Crew, Science alerts, April 1, 2017

https://www.sciencealert.com/this-massive-tunnel-in-south-america-was-dug-by-ancient-mega-sloths

 

Some online PDFs of papers are:

 

Frank, H.T., Buchmann, F.S.C., Lima, L.G., Fornari, M., Caron, F. 

and Lopes, R.P., 2012. Cenozoic vertebrate tunnels in southern 

Brazil. Ichnology of Latin America: selected papers, 2, pp.141-158.

http://www.ufrgs.br/paleotocas/Frank_et_al_2012.pdf

 

Frank, H.T., Althaus, C.E., Dario, E.M., Tramontina, F.R., Adriano, 

R.M., Almeida, M.D.L., Ferreira, G.F., Nogueira, R. and Breier, R., 

2017. Underground chamber systems excavated by Cenozoic

ground sloths in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Revista 

Brasileira de Paleontologia, 18(2), pp.273-284.

http://www.ppegeo.igc.usp.br/index.php/rbp/article/download/10000/9330

http://www.ppegeo.igc.usp.br/index.php/rbp/article/view/10000

 

Lopes, R.P., Frank, H.T., Buchmann, F.S.D.C. and Caron, F., 2017. 

Megaichnus igen. nov.: giant paleoburrows attributed to extinct 

Cenozoic mammals from South America. Ichnos, 24(2), pp.133-145.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/308171281_Megaichnus_igen_nov_Giant_Paleoburrows_Attributed_to_Extinct_Cenozoic_Mammals_from_South_America

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Francisco_Buchmann

 

Buchmann, F.S. Frank, H.T., Ferreira, G.F., and Cruz, E.A., 2016,

Evidência de vida gregária em paleotocas atribuídas a 

mylodontidae (preguiças- gigantes). Revista Brasileira de 

Paleontologia. v. 19 (2). pp. 259-270

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/307526053_Evidencia_de_vida_gregaria_em_paleotocas_atribuidas_a_Mylodontidae_preguicas-gigantes

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Francisco_Buchmann

 

Frank, H.T., Lima, L.G., Gerhard, N.P., Caron, F., Buchmann, F.S.C., 

Fornari, M. and Lopes, R.P., 2013. Description and interpretation 

of Cenozoic vertebrate ichnofossils in Rio Grande do Sul State, 

Brazil. Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia, 16(1), pp.83-96.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/273975528_Description_and_interpretation_of_Cenozoic_vertebrate_ichnofossils_in_Rio_Grande_do_Sul_State_Brazil

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Francisco_Buchmann

 

Yours,

 

Paul H.

[Shamalama]

Man, this topic gets deep....

[Tidgy's Dad]

And a BBC article,

https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20231127-brazils-mysterious-tunnels-made-by-giant-sloths