Pseudoglyptodon, Engelmann, 1987

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), pp. 1505-1551 : 1520

Folivora minus Pseudoglyptodon

PP = 100, age = 37.98 Mya (33.43–43.47).

The clade is composed of the living genus Bradypus and Eufolivora. It was consistently recovered in all analyses performed in this study, except in par_EW consensus, in which Pseudoglyptodon , Bradypus and Eufolivora were arranged in a polytomy.

The clade was supported by nine synapomorphies (two for both methods and seven exclusively for BI): a large basin for the modified orthodentine core; ovate cf1 cross-section (BI); anteroposteriorly ovate Mf1 crosssection (BI); anteroposteriorly ovate mf1 cross-section (B1); bilobate Mf2 and Mf3 cross-section (BI); bilobate mf2 cross-section (BI); ascending ramus of mandible not covering the posterior teeth in lateral view (BI); presence of posterior external opening of mandibular canal; and maximum length of nasal bones greater than, or equal to, twice the width of both nasals, but less than three times (BI).