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Reassessing the phylogeny and divergence times of sloths (Mammalia: Pilosa: Folivora), exploring alternative morphological partitioning and dating models

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Casali, Daniel M, Boscaini, Alberto, Gaudin, Timothy J, Perini, Fernando A (2022): Reassessing the phylogeny and divergence times of sloths (Mammalia: Pilosa: Folivora), exploring alternative morphological partitioning and dating models. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 196 (4): 1505-1551, DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlac041, URL: https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article/196/4/1505/6617197

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