Holmesina Simpson 1930 (edentate)

Mammalia - Cingulata - Pampatheriidae

Full reference: G. G. Simpson. 1930. Holmesina septentrionalis, extinct giant armadillo of Florida. American Museum Novitates 442:1-10

Parent taxon: Pampatheriidae according to A. D. Rincón et al. 2008

See also Albright et al. 2019, Carroll 1988, Cartelle and Bohorquez 1984, Downing and White 1995, Edmund 1996, Hibbard 1955, James 1957, Kurten and Anderson 1980, McDonald and Naples 2007, Mead et al. 2007 and Simpson 1930

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

Subtaxa: Holmesina cryptae Holmesina floridanus Holmesina occidentalis Holmesina paulacoutoi Holmesina rondoniensis Holmesina septentrionalis

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Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Argentina (4 collections), Brazil (9), Ecuador (3), Guatemala (1), Mexico (2), Peru (2), United States (66: Florida, Georgia, Kansas, South Carolina, Texas), Venezuela (3)

• Blancan of El Salvador (1), United States (10: Florida)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Costa Rica (1), Venezuela (1)

• Pliocene of Venezuela (1)

Total: 104 collections including 106 occurrences

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