Chubutherium
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Chubutherium is an extinct genus of ground sloth from the Late Oligocene and Early Miocene of Chubut Province, Argentina.
Description
This species of ground sloth was assigned to the family Scelidotheriidae, which was subsequently demoted to subfamily Scelidotheriinae within Mylodontidae, then elevated back to full family status.[1] It is related to the Pleistocene genus, Scelidotherium. It possessed but a few molars, like many other sloths. Only a few specimens have been found in Patagonia. Little material is found of the genus and the taxonomic position is still debated.[2]
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Further reading
- <templatestyles src="smallcaps/styles.css"/>Cattoi, N. (1962) Un nuevo (Xenarthra) del Terciario de Patagonia, Chubutherium ferelloii gen. et sp. nov. (Megalonychoidea, Mylodontidae). Revista del Museum Argentinoa Ciencias Nacional "Bernardino Rivadavia" Zoologia, 8(11): 123–133.
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- Prehistoric sloths
- Prehistoric placental genera
- Oligocene xenarthrans
- Miocene xenarthrans
- Oligocene genus first appearances
- Miocene genus extinctions
- Oligocene mammals of South America
- Miocene mammals of South America
- Colhuehuapian
- Deseadan
- Paleogene Argentina
- Neogene Argentina
- Fossils of Argentina
- Fossil taxa described in 1962