Nematherium

Nematherium
Temporal range: Mid Miocene (Santacrucian)
~17.5–16.3 Ma
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Nematherium angulatum skull and jaw
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Xenarthra
Family: †Mylodontidae
Subfamily: †Scelidotheriinae
Genus: †Nematherium
Species
  • N. angulatum
  • N. birdi
  • N. longirostris
  • N. sinuatum

Nematherium is an extinct genus of ground sloth of the family Mylodontidae, endemic to Argentina and Chile, South America during the Middle Miocene epoch (Santacrucian).[1] Fossils have been found in the Cura-Mallín Formation of Chile and the Santa Cruz and Sarmiento Formations of Argentina.[2]

Skull

References

  1. ↑ Gaudin, T. J. (2004). "Phylogenetic relationships among sloths (Mammalia, Xenarthra, Tardigrada): The craniodental evidence". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 140 (2): 255–305. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2003.00100.x.
  2. ↑ Nematherium at Fossilworks.org


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