Hapaloides

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Hapaloides
Temporal range: Early Miocene (Colhuehuapian)
~21.0–17.5  Ma
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Pilosa
Family: Megalonychidae
Subfamily: Ortotheriinae
Genus: Hapaloides
Ameghino, 1902
Type species
Hapaloides ignavus
Ameghino, 1902
Other species
  • H. laevisculusAmeghino, 1902
  • H. ponderosusAmeghino, 1902

Hapaloides is an extinct genus of ground sloth of the family Megalonychidae, endemic to Argentina during the Early Miocene. It lived from 21.0 mya to 17.5 mya, existing (as a genus) for approximately 3.5 million years. [1]

Found in the Colhuehuapian-aged Colpodon Beds of Argentina, three species are known: H. ignavus (the type species), H. laevisculus and H. ponderosus, all named by Florentino Ameghino in 1902. [2] H. ignavus is known from a partial cranium that is smaller than that of Hapalops rectangularis , which it was compared to. [2]

Ameghino in 1902 placed Hapaloides in the Megatheriidae, [2] alongside Proschismotherium , which was its sister taxon, [3] [4] while more recent taxonomic reviews place Hapaloides within Megalonychidae. [1] [5]

References

  1. 1 2 R. L. Carroll. (1988). Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution 1–698
  2. 1 2 3 Ameghino, Florentino (1902). "Première contribution a la connaissance de la faune mammalogique des couches a Colpodon [First contribution to the knowledge of the mammalian fauna of the Colpodon Beds]". Boletin de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias en Córdoba, República Argentina. 17: 71–141 [131–133].
  3. "Hapaloides". Fossilworks. Archived from the original on 17 August 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  4. "Proschismotherium". Fossilworks. Archived from the original on 26 September 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  5. McKenna & Bell (1997) Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level