Riostegotherium yanei

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cingulata

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 Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Superordo: Xenarthra Ordo: Cingulata

Familia: Dasypodidae
Genus: †Riostegotherium
Species (1): †Riostegotherium yanei

Name

†Riostegotherium yanei Oliveira & Bergqvist, 1998: 36

• Holotype: MCN-PV 1774, pelvic osteoderm.
• Type locality and horizon: “Itaboraí Formation, near Itaboraí, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (22°44′51″S, 42°51′21″W); Itaboraian land-mammal age; middle Paleocene”.
• Etymology: Named after Gustavo Juan Scillato-Yané.

References

Primary references

• Oliveira, E.V. & Bergqvist, L.P. 1998. A new Paleocene armadillo (Mammalia, Dasypodoidea) from the Itaboraí Basin, Brazil. Asociación Paleontológica Argentina, Publicación Especial 5: 35–40. Reference page.