Scirrotherium Edmund and Theodor 1997 (edentate)

Mammalia - Cingulata - Pampatheriidae

Full reference: G. Edmund and J. Theodor. 1997. A new giant Pampatheriid Armadillo. Vertebrate Paleontology in the Neotropics. The Miocene fauna of La Venta, Colombia 226-233

Parent taxon: Pampatheriidae according to G. Edmund and J. Theodor 1997

See also Candela et al. 2012

Sister taxa: Holmesina, Kraglievichia, Pampatherium, Plaina, Tonnicinctus, Vassallia

Subtaxa: Scirrotherium antelucanus Scirrotherium hondaensis

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Type: Scirrotherium hondaensis

Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore

Distribution:

• Hemphillian of Costa Rica (1 collection)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Colombia (1)

• Miocene of Argentina (2), Colombia (7), Peru (2), Venezuela (3)

Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence

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