FOSSILS SPECIMEN: XENARTHRA
Xenarthra meaning “alien or foreign joint” is a clade of placental mammals found in North, Central, and South America. The term “foreign joint” is inreference of their vertebral joints, which have extra articulations that are different than other mammals. This Superorder includes armadillos, tree sloths, anteaters, and their fossil relatives ground sloths, glyptodonts, and pampatheres. to see my Xenarthran models click here.
Kingdom: Animalia – Phylum: Chordata – Class: Mammalia – Superorder: Xenarthra
(sloths, anteaters and armadillos)
Paleocene to Holocene

Holmesina osteoderm
Pleistocene
Florida, United States

Holmesina ostoderm
Pleistocene
McFadden Beach, High Island, Texas, United States

Holmesina ostoderm
Pleistocene
McFadden Beach, High Island, Texas, United States

Holmesina osteoderm
Pleistocene
Florida, United States

Holmesina osteoderm
Pleistocene
North Texas, United States

Holmesina osteoderm
Pleistocene
North Texas, United States

Giant SlothÂ
Pleistocene
Texas, United States