Tonnicinctus

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Tonnicinctus
Temporal range: Pleistocene - Holocene
1.8–0.01  Ma
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Cingulata
Family:† Pampatheriidae
Genus:† Tonnicinctus
Góis et al., 2015
Species:
†T. mirus
Binomial name
†Tonnicinctus mirus
Góis et al., 2015

Tonnicinctus is an extinct species of pampatheriid that lived in Argentina during the Pleistocene and Holocene. [1]

Description

Tonnicinctus inhabited cool grassland regions. It was a medium-sized pampatheriid, 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

  1. 1 2 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. Bibcode:2015PLoSO..1028296G. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0128296 . PMC   4470999 . PMID   26083486.


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