Tonnicinctus
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Tonnicinctus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Cingulata |
Family: | †Pampatheriidae |
Genus: | †Tonnicinctus Góis et al., 2015 |
Species: | †T. mirus
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Binomial name | |
†Tonnicinctus mirus Góis et al., 2015
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Tonnicinctus is an extinct species of Pampatherid that lived in Argentina during the Pleistocene and Holocene.[1]
Description[]
Tonnicinctus inhabited cool grassland regions. It was a medium-sized Pampathrerid, smaller than its better-known relatives like Pampatherium and Holmesina. It is distinguishes from other Pampathreres by: osteoderms which are intermediate in thickness between Pampatherium and Holmesina; very wide anterior and lateral margins with several large and deep foramina; wide and uniform marginal elevation in the fixed osteoderms and very narrow marginal elevation in movable and semi-movable osteoderms of the scapular and pelvic buckler.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b Flávio Góis; Laureano Raúl González Ruiz; Gustavo Juan Scillato-Yané; Esteban Soibelzon (2015). "A Peculiar New Pampatheriidae (Mammalia: Xenarthra: Cingulata) from the Pleistocene of Argentina and Comments on Pampatheriidae Diversity". PLOS ONE. 10 (6): e0128296. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0128296. PMC 4470999. PMID 26083486.
Categories:
- Prehistoric cingulates
- Pleistocene xenarthrans
- Pleistocene mammals of South America
- Prehistoric mammal genera
- Holocene extinctions
- Prehistoric mammal stubs