Kuntinaru

Kuntinaru; Temporal range: Late Oligocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Xenarthra
Suborder:	Cingulata
Family:	Chlamyphoridae
Subfamily:	Tolypeutinae
Genus:	Kuntinaru; Billet et al., 2011
Species
	K. boliviensis Billet et al., 2011 (type);

Kuntinaru is an extinct genus of tolypeutine chlamyphorid armadillo which existed in Bolivia, during the late Oligocene (Deseadan age). It is known from the holotype MNHN-SAL 1024, skull missing the apex of the rostrum and the paratype MNHN-SAL 3, second skull missing the apex of the rostrum, recovered from the Salla, Department of La Paz, Bolivia. It was first named by Guillaume Billet, Lionel Hautier, Christian de Muizon and Xavier Valentin in 2011 and the type species is Kuntinaru boliviensis.^[1]

References

^ Guillaume Billet; Lionel Hautier; Christian de Muizon; Xavier Valentin (2011). "Oldest cingulate skulls provide congruence between morphological and molecular scenarios of armadillo evolution". Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 278 (1719): 2791–2797. doi:10.1098/rspb.2010.2443.

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[Kuntinaru-1] Guillaume Billet; Lionel Hautier; Christian de Muizon; Xavier Valentin (2011). "Oldest cingulate skulls provide congruence between morphological and molecular scenarios of armadillo evolution". Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 278 (1719): 2791–2797. doi:10.1098/rspb.2010.2443.

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