Kuntinaru
Kuntinaru | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Cingulata |
Family: | Chlamyphoridae |
Subfamily: | Tolypeutinae |
Genus: | †Kuntinaru Billet et al., 2011 |
Species | |
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Kuntinaru is an extinct genus of tolypeutine chlamyphorid armadillo which existed in Bolivia, during the Late Oligocene (Deseadan age). It is known from the holotype MNHN-SAL 1024, skull missing the apex of the rostrum and the paratype MNHN-SAL 3, second skull missing the apex of the rostrum, recovered from the , , Department of La Paz, Bolivia. It was first named by Guillaume Billet, Lionel Hautier, Christian de Muizon and Xavier Valentin in 2011 and the type species is Kuntinaru boliviensis.[1]
References[]
- ^ Guillaume Billet; Lionel Hautier; Christian de Muizon; Xavier Valentin (2011). "Oldest cingulate skulls provide congruence between morphological and molecular scenarios of armadillo evolution" (PDF). Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 278 (1719): 2791–2797. doi:10.1098/rspb.2010.2443. PMC 3145180. PMID 21288952. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-08-14.
Categories:
- Armadillos
- Prehistoric cingulates
- Prehistoric placental genera
- Oligocene xenarthrans
- Oligocene mammals of South America
- Deseadan
- Paleogene Bolivia
- Fossils of Bolivia
- Fossil taxa described in 2011
- Prehistoric mammal stubs