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Taxonomy
Yuruatherium was named by Ciancio et al. (2012). Its type is Yuruatherium tropicalis.
It was assigned to Cingulata by Ciancio et al. (2012).
It was assigned to Cingulata by Ciancio et al. (2012).
Species
Y. tropicalis (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2012 | Yuruatherium Ciancio et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. †Yuruatherium Ciancio et al. 2012
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†Yuruatherium tropicalis Ciancio et al. 2012
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| M. R. Ciancio et al. 2012 | Dorsal shield osteoderms with rugose surface, large perforations in the sulci between figures, or in these sulci and the lateral and posterior margins. Semimovable osteoderms with large principal figure that occupies the entire posterior half of the osteoderm and becomes narrower anteriorly, delimiting at least one pair of anterolat- eral figures. Movable osteoderms with large principal figure occupying posterior two thirds of dorsal surface. Sigmoid sulcus surrounding anterior portion of principal figure with a row of large circular perforations. |
Measurements
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| Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979 | |||||
Age range: Early/Lower Oligocene or 33.90000 to 28.40000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Oligocene | Peru | Y. sp. (199559) | |
| Rupelian | Peru (Departamento de Ucayali) | Y. tropicalis (149523) |