Thalassocnus
Taxonavigation
[edit]Taxonavigation: Folivora |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: †Megatheriidae
Subfamilia: †Thalassocninae
Genus: †Thalassocnus
Species (5):
†T. antiquus –
†T. carolomartini –
†T. littoralis –
†T. natans –
†T. yaucensis
Name
[edit]Type species: †Thalassocnus natans Muizon & McDonald, 1995, by monotypy.
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Muizon, C. de & McDonald, H.G. 1995. An aquatic sloth from the Pliocene of Peru. Nature 375: 224–227. DOI: 10.1038/375224a0 Reference page.
Additional references
[edit]- McDonald, H.G. & Muizon, C. de 2002. The cranial anatomy of Thalassocnus (Xenarthra, Mammalia), a derived nothrothere from the Neogene of the Pisco Formation (Peru). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 22(2): 349–365. DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2002)022[0349:TCAOTX]2.0.CO;2 Reference page.
- Muizon, C. de, McDonald, H.G., Salas, R. & Urbina, M. 2003. A new early species of the aquatic sloth Thalassocnus (Mammalia, Xenarthra) from the Late Miocene of Peru. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 23(4): 886–894. DOI: 10.1671/2361-13 JSTOR Reference page.
- Muizon, C. de, McDonald, H.G., Salas, R. & Urbina, M. 2004. The youngest species of the aquatic sloth Thalassocnus and a reassessment of the relationships of the nothrothere sloths (Mammalia: Xenarthra). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 24(2): 287–397. DOI: 10.1671/2429a JSTOR Reference page.