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Name - Schismotherium fractum Ameghino 1887

Name Details

Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:5101711 [metadata]

Variants and Synonyms

Reported Taxonomic Ranks

Species

Reported Taxonomic Hierarchies

Animalia (Kingdom)
Chordata (Phylum)
Vertebrata (Subphylum)
Mammalia (Class)
Edentata (Order)
Animalia (Kingdom)
Chordata (Phylum)
Vertebrata (Subphylum)
Mammalia (Class)
Edentata (Order)
Megatheriidae (Family)

References

Original Description Reference

  • Enumeracion Sistematica de las Especies de Mamiferos Fosiles coleccionados por C. Ameghino en los Terrenos Eocenos de la Patagonia. Bol Mus La Plata i, (Dec.) 1887: 26 pp.. [Zoological Record Volume 24]

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Original Description Reference

  • Enumeracion Sistematica de las Especies de Mamiferos Fosiles coleccionados por C. Ameghino en los Terrenos Eocenos de la Patagonia. Bol Mus La Plata i, (Dec.) 1887: 26 pp.. [Zoological Record Volume 24]

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Recent Publications

  • Enumeracion Sistematica de las Especies de Mamiferos Fosiles coleccionados por C. Ameghino en los Terrenos Eocenos de la Patagonia.
  • On the type of Schismotherium fractum Ameghino, 1887 (Xenarthra, Folivora, Megatherioidea) from the Early Miocene Santa Cruz Formation (Santa Cruz Province, Argentina).
  • Cranial osteology of the basal megatherioid sloth Schismotherium (Mammalia, Xenarthra) and its taxonomic implications.

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