Riostegotherium

Riostegotherium Temporal range: Early-Late Eocene (Itaboraian-Divisaderan) ~53–41 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Cingulata
Family:	Dasypodidae
Genus:	†Riostegotherium Oliveira & Bergqvist, 1998
Species:	†R. yanei
Binomial name
†Riostegotherium yanei Oliveira & Bergqvist, 1998

Riostegotherium was an extinct genus of armadillo from the Early to Late Eocene of South America. Fossils of the genus have been found in the of Argentina and in the Itaboraí Formation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.^[1]

Etymology[]

The genus is named Riostegotherium after Rio, of Rio de Janeiro, in reference to the state where the specimens were found; stego (Latin), meaning "covering"; therium (a latinized Greek word), meaning "beast", a commonly-used suffix for mammalian genera.^[2]

Description[]

It is known from fossil of armoured ossicles which are similar to the ossicles of the armour of morden armadillos that is obvious that in South American as far back as the late Paleocene armoured armadillos existed. Leg bones found in the area of probably came from Riostegotherium as well.^{[citation needed]}

References[]

Bibliography[]

• Oliveira, Édison Vicente, and Lilian Pagarelli Bergqvist. 1998. A new Paleocene armadillo (Mammalia, Dasypodoidea) from the Itaboraí Basin, Brazil. . Publicación Especial 5. 35-40. Accessed 2017-08-21.

Further reading[]

• World Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Creatures - Dougal Dixon

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