Hiskatherium
Extinct genus of ground sloths
Hiskatherium Temporal range: Mid Miocene (Friasian-Mayoan) ~15.97–11.608 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Pilosa |
Superfamily: | Megatherioidea |
Genus: | †Hiskatherium Pujos et al. 2011 |
Species: | †H. saintandrei |
Binomial name | |
†Hiskatherium saintandrei Pujos et al. 2011 |
Hiskatherium is an extinct genus of small ground sloth from the Middle Miocene (Friasian to Mayoan) Honda Group of Bolivia.[1] The type species H. saintandrei was named in 2011 on the basis of a lower jaw. Although it has not been placed in a specific family, Hiskatherium is similar to the extinct sloths Hapalops and Xyophorus.[2]
References
- ^ Hiskatherium Archived 2021-12-13 at the Wayback Machine at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Pujos, F.; Iuliis, G. de.; Quispe, B.M. (2011). "Hiskatherium saintandrei, gen. et sp. nov.: an unusual sloth from the Santacrucian of Quebrada Honda (Bolivia) and an overview of middle Miocene, small megatherioids". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 31 (5): 1131–1149. Bibcode:2011JVPal..31.1131P. doi:10.1080/02724634.2011.599463. S2CID 86755668.
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