Scalabrinitherium
Scalabrinitherium is an extinct genus of mammals of the family Macraucheniidae. Fossils of this animal were found among the fossils of prehistoric xenarthrans in the Ituzaingó Formation of Argentina.[1]
Scalabrinitherium | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | †Litopterna |
Family: | †Macraucheniidae |
Subfamily: | †Macraucheniinae |
Genus: | †Scalabrinitherium Ameghino 1883 |
Type species | |
Scalabrinitherium bravardi | |
Species | |
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Classification
Cladogram based in the phylogenetic analysis published by Schmidt et al., 2014, showing the position of Scalabrinitherium:[2]
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References
- Scalabrinitherium at Fossilworks.org
- Schmidt, Gabriela I.; Ferrero, Brenda S. (September 2014). "Taxonomic Reinterpretation of Theosodon hystatus Cabrera and Kraglievich, 1931 (Litopterna, Macraucheniidae) and Phylogenetic Relationships of the Family". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 34 (5): 1231–1238. doi:10.1080/02724634.2014.837393.
Further reading
- F. Ameghino. 1885. Nuevos restos de mamíferos fósiles Oligocenos recogidos por el Profesor Pedro Scalabrini y pertenecientes al Museo Provincial de la ciudad del Paraná. Boletín de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias de Córdoba 8:1-205
- R. Lydekker. 1894. Contributions to a knowledge of the Fossil Vertebrates of Argentina. III - A study of extinct Argentine ungulates. Anales del Museo de La Plata. Paleontología Argentina 2(3):1-86
- Rusconi, С. 1932. Nuevos restos de Scalabrinitherium del Terciario de Paraná y apuntes relativos a su anatomía craneana. Rev. Med. Vet. Buenos Aires 15-19 nos. 2-0 1932 pp. 1-18
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