Scaglia (mammal)

Scaglia; Temporal range: Mid-Late Eocene (Casamayoran-Divisaderan); ~48.6–37.2 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	†Astrapotheria
Family:	†Astrapotheriidae
Genus:	†Scaglia; Simpson 1957
Species
	†Scaglia kraglievichorum; Simpson 1957

Scaglia is an extinct genus of South American astrapotherid land mammal that lived during the Eocene (Casamayoran to Divisaderan in the SALMA classification).^[1]

Etymology[]

The genus was named after Argentinian naturalist ,^[2] and the type species after Argentinian palaeontologist .

Description[]

Its type specimen, recovered from the of Argentina, is MMCNT-MdP 207.^[3] Like Albertogaudrya, Scaglia was the size of a sheep or a small tapir, hence among the larger mammals in South America at that time.^[4]

Phylogeny[]

Cladogram according to Bond et al., 2011, standing out the phylogenetic position of Scaglia:^[5]

Scaglia

	Astrapotherium

	Granastrapotherium

References[]

^ Scaglia in the Paleobiology Database. Retrieved August 2017
^ Quintana 2008, pp. 4–5
^ Scaglia kraglievichorum in the Paleobiology Database. Retrieved March 2013.
^ Rose 2006, p. 236
^ Bond, Mariano; Kramarz, Alejandro; MacPhee, Ross D. E.; Reguero, Marcelo (2011). "A new astrapothere (Mammalia, Meridiungulata) from La Meseta Formation, Seymour (Marambio) Island, and a reassessment of previous records of Antarctic astrapotheres" (PDF). American Museum Novitates (3718): 16. doi:10.1206/3718.2. S2CID 58908785.

Bibliography[]

Quintana, Carlos A. (2008). Los Fósiles de Mar del Plata: Un viaje al pasado de nuestra región. Buenos Aires: Libros del Espinillo. ISBN 9781435737358. Retrieved March 2013. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
Rose, Kenneth David (2006). The beginning of the age of mammals. Baltimore: JHU Press. ISBN 0801884721.