Chubutherium
| Chubutherium | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Xenarthra |
| Family: | †Mylodontidae |
| Subfamily: | †Scelidotheriinae |
| Genus: | †Chubutherium Cattoi, 1962 |
| Species | |
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Chubutherium is an extinct genus of ground sloth described by Cattoi in 1962. The type species is C. ferelloii.
Description
This species of ground sloth, once assigned to the family Scelidotheriidae, is now assigned to subfamily Scelidotheriinae within Mylodontidae. C. ferelloii first appeared in the Oligocene and died out during the Middle Miocene. It is related to the Pleistocene genus, Scelidotherium. It possessed but a few molars, like many other sloths. Only a few specimens have been found in Patagonia. Little material is found of the genus and the taxonomic position is still debated.[1]
References
- ↑ Boilini, 2012, p.162
Bibliography
- Miño Boilini, Ángel Ramón. 2012. Sistemática y evolución de los Scelidotheriinae (Xenarthra, Mylodontidae) cuaternarios de la Argentina - Importancia bioestratigráfica, paleobiogeográfica y paleoambiental (PhD thesis), 1-301. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Accessed 2017-08-15.
Further reading
- Cattoi, N. (1962) Un nuevo (Xenarthra) del Terciario de Patagonia, Chubutherium ferelloii gen. et sp. nov. (Megalonychoidea, Mylodontidae). Revista del Museum Argentinoa Ciencias Nacional "Bernardino Rivadavia" Zoologia, 8(11): 123-133.
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