Thalassocnus natans
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Taxonavigation: Folivora |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: †Megatheriidae
Subfamilia: †Thalassocninae
Genus: †Thalassocnus
Species: †Thalassocnus natans
Name[edit]
Holotype: MNHN SAS 734, partial skeleton including skull, mandible, cervical, thoracic, lumbar and some caudal vertebrae, most ribs and some limb bones.
Type locality and horizon: “Sud-Sacaco (Department of Arequipa, Peru); Pisco Formation, Early Pliocene.”
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.