PrehistoricFlorida Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 5 hours ago, Brandy Cole said: Thank you! Are there specific characteristics that help to distinguish sloth caudals from glyptotherium? --Brandy Difficult to describe, they're really not that similar at all if you had them side by side. Sloth are much more robust with a more rounded epiphysis. www.PrehistoricFlorida.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 3 hours ago, PrehistoricFlorida said: Difficult to describe, they're really not that similar at all if you had them side by side. Sloth are much more robust with a more rounded epiphysis. Hi Nate, any chance you have photos of a similarly positioned vertebra? The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy Cole Posted November 28, 2021 Author Share Posted November 28, 2021 @JohnJ At UT, we compared this caudal to other xenarthra vertebra, and Kenny Bader suggested glyptodont may be more likely than giant sloth because sloth tended to have larger foramen relative to the size of the vertebra, and the foramen in mine was pretty small. But he could not rule sloth out completely. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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