Mammalia - Cingulata - Pampatheriidae
Alternative combination: Scirrotherium carinatum
Full reference: F. Gois, G. J. Scillato-Yane, A. A. Carlini and E. Guilherme. 2013. A new species of Scirrutherium Edmund & Theodor, 1997 (Xenarthra, Cingulata, Pampatheriidae) from the late Miocene of South America. Alcheringa 37(2):177-188
Belongs to Kraglievichia according to K. Jiménez-Lara 2020
See also Scillato-Yané et al. 2013
Sister taxon: Kraglievichia paranense
Type specimen: MLP 69-IX-8-13AB, an osteoderm (An almost complete movable osteoderm with the right posterior angle broken.). Its type locality is Parana, Pueblo Brugo to Diamante, Ituzaingo Fm., which is in a Huayquerian marine sandstone/mudstone in the Ituzaingo Formation of Argentina.
Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore
Distribution:
• Huayquerian of Argentina (2 collections)
• Miocene of Argentina (1), Brazil (2)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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