Thalassocnus

McDonald, H. G., and C. de Muizon.  1995b.  An aquatic sloth from the Pliocene of Peru: another group of mammals returns to water.  Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 15(3, supplement): 42.

-------- and -------- 2002.  The cranial anatomy of Thalassocnus (Xenarthra, Mammalia), a derived nothrothere form the Neogene of the Pisco Formation (Peru).  Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 22(2): 349-365.

de Muizon, C., and H. G. McDonald.  1995.  An aquatic sloth from the Pliocene of Peru.  Nature, London 375:  224-227. (type description, Thalassocnus)

Salas, R., F. Pujos and C. de Muizon.  2005.  Ossified meniscus and cyamo-fabella in some fossil sloths: a morpho-functional interpretation.  Geobios, 38: 389-394.

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