Unexpected pampatheriid from the early Oligocene of Peruvian Amazonia: insights into the tropical differentiation of cingulate xenarthrans

Acknowledgement

We are particularly indebted to M. Ciancio for providing the pictures of Yuruatherium tropicalis. We thank the editor and the two anonymous reviewers for their substantial corrections.

Data Availability

All data are included herein or in the Supplementary Figures S1 and S2 or in Pujos et al. (Citation2025).

Contributions

L.H. and F.P. designed and performed research and wrote the manuscript, J.Y. conducted the chemostratigraphy analyses, and B.M. generated most of the 3D models; L.M. and P.-O.A. have acquired funding for fieldwork and analyses; L.M., M.B., J.V.T.-L., R.S.-G., R.M.V.M., J.Y., P.-O.A., and F.P. performed fieldwork. All authors reviewed the manuscript and provided edits; they have given their final approval for publication and agreed to be held accountable for the work performed in this study.

Supplemental Material

Supplemental data for this article can be accessed online at https://doi.org/10.1080/08912963.2025.2481525

• Electronic Supplementary Material – Figure S1: S1 Pujos et al.doc 
• Electronic Supplementary Material – Figure S2: S2 Pujos et al R1.doc

Funding

This study is part of the ongoing EMERGENCE strategic project of the LabEx CEBA (Centre d’Étude de la Biodiversité Amazonienne; ANR-10-LABX-25-01). Field and labwork were supported by the LabEx CEBA, the Leakey Foundation, the National Geographic Society, and the Institut des Sciences de l’Évolution de Montpellier (ISE-M). Palaeontological investigations in Peruvian Amazonia are carried out in the framework of an ongoing collaboration agreement between the Museo de Historia Natural de la Universidad Nacional Mayor San Marcos (Lima, Peru) and the Institut des Sciences de l’Évolution de Montpellier-Université de Montpellier, France. This is ISE-M publication 2025–054 SUD.