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Stegotherium

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Stegotherium
Temporal range: Early Miocene (Colhuehuapian-Santacrucian)
~21.0–16.3 Ma
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Skeleton
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Cingulata
Family: Dasypodidae
Subfamily: Dasypodinae
Genus: †Stegotherium
Ameghino, 1887
Species
  • S. notohippidensis González & Scillato-Yané, 2009
  • S. simplex Ameghino, 1887
  • S. tauberi González & Scillato-Yané, 2008[1]
  • S. tesselatum Ameghino, 1887 (type species)
  • S. variegatum Ameghino, 1902
Synonyms
  • Scotaeops simplex Ameghino, 1887

Stegotherium is an extinct genus of armadillo in the family Dasypodidae from Early Miocene (Colhuehuapian to Santacrucian) Argentina (Santa Cruz and Sarmiento Formations).[2][3]

References

  1. ^ González Laureano Raúl, Scillato-Yané Gustavo Juan. Una nueva especie de Stegotherium Ameghino (Xenarthra, Dasypodidae, Stegotheriini) del Mioceno de la provincia de Santa Cruz (Argentina). Ameghiniana, 2008 Dic; 45(4): 641-648.
  2. ^ Stegotherium at Fossilworks.org
  3. ^ González Ruiz, L. R. L.; Scillato-Yané, G. J. (2009). "A new Stegotheriini (Mammalia, Xenarthra, Dasypodidae) from the "Notohippidian" (early Miocene) of Patagonia, Argentina". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen. 252: 81–90. doi:10.1127/0077-7749/2009/0252-0081.


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