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• The emergence and demise of giant sloths [FULL ACCESS] (Boscaini et al. 2025, Science)
• Paleoecology and diversity of Pliocene to Pleistocene fossorial mammals in the Pampean region of Argentina based on a quantitative analysis of fossil burrows (Toledo et al. 2024, Palaeogeogr. Palaeoclimatol. Palaeoecol.)
• The endocranial cavities of sloths (Xenarthra, Folivora): Insights from the brain endocast, bony labyrinth, and cranial sinuses (Boscaini et al. 2023, Springer)
• Morphological disparity and evolutionary rates of cranial and postcranial characters in sloths (Mammalia, Pilosa, Folivora) (Casali et al. 2023, Palaeontology)
• New well-preserved materials of Glossotherium chapadmalense (Xenarthra, Mylodontidae) from the Pliocene of Argentina shed light on the origin and evolution of the genus (Boscaini et al. 2022, J. Vertebr. Paleontol.)
• Reassessing the phylogeny and divergence times of sloths (Mammalia: Pilosa: Folivora), exploring alternative morphological partitioning and dating models (Casali et al. 2022, Zool. J. Linn. Soc.)
• The origin of “El hombre en el Plata”: on the birthdate and birthplace of Florentino Ameghino (1853–1911) (Boscaini et al. 2021, PEAPA)
• The dermal armor of mylodontid sloths (Mammalia, Xenarthra) from Cueva del Milodón (Última Esperanza, Chile) (Toledo et al. 2021, J. Morphol.)
• Cranial anatomy and paleoneurology of the extinct sloth Catonyx tarijensis (Xenarthra, Mylodontidae) from the late Pleistocene of Oruro, southwestern Bolivia (Boscaini et al. 2020, Front. Ecol. Evol.)
• Digital cranial endocasts of the extinct sloth Glossotherium robustum (Xenarthra, Mylodontidae) from the Late Pleistocene of Argentina: description and comparison with the extant sloths (Boscaini et al. 2020, J. Mammal. Evol.)
• A reappraisal of the phylogeny of Mylodontidae (Mammalia, Xenarthra) and the divergence of mylodontine and lestodontine sloths (Boscaini et al. 2019, Zool. Scr.)
• The earliest well-documented occurrence of sexual dimorphism in extinct sloths: evolutionary and palaeoecological insights (Boscaini et al. 2019, Zool. J. Linn. Soc.)
• Anatomy, possible sexual dimorphism, and phylogenetic affinities of a new mylodontine sloth from the late Pleistocene of intertropical Brazil (Cartelle et al. 2019, J. Syst. Palaeontol.)
• New well-preserved craniodental remains of Simomylodon uccasamamensis (Xenarthra: Mylodontidae) from the Pliocene of the Bolivian Altiplano: phylogenetic, chronostratigraphic and palaeobiogeographical implications (Boscaini et al. 2019, Zool. J. Linn. Soc.)
• Phylogenetic and functional implications of the ear region anatomy of Glossotherium robustum (Xenarthra, Mylodontidae) from the Late Pleistocene of Argentina (Boscaini et al. 2018, Sci. Nature)