Eremotherium

Eremotherium

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Folivora

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Superordo: Xenarthra Ordo: Pilosa Subordo: Folivora

Familia: †Megatheriidae
Subfamilia: †Megatheriinae
Tribus: †Megatheriini
Subtribus: †Megatheriina
Genus: †Eremotherium
Species:†E. eomigrans – †E. laurillardi

Name

Eremotherium Spillmann, 1948

Type species: Eremotherium laurillardi Lund, 1948

Etymology: Ancient Greek ἐρῆμος (“desert”) + θηρίον (“beast”)

Synonymy

• Schaubia Hoffstetter, 1949
• Schaubitherium Hoffstetter, 1950
• Xenocnus Paula Couto, 1980

References

Primary references

• Spillmann, F. 1944. Beiträge zur Kenntnis eines neuen gravigraden Riesensteppentieres (Eremotherium carolinense gen. et spec. nov.), seines Lebensraumes und seiner Lebensweise. Palaeobiologica 8: 231–279. PDF Reference page. 

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