Mammalia - Megatherioidea - Nothrotheriidae
Full reference: H. G. McDonald and C. Muizon. 2002. The cranial anatomy of Thalassocnus (Xenarthra, Mammalia), a derived nothrothere from the Neogene of the Pisco Formation (Peru). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 22(2):349-365
Belongs to Thalassocnus according to E. Amson et al. 2017
See also McDonald and Muizon 2002
Sister taxa: Thalassocnus antiquus, Thalassocnus carolomartini, Thalassocnus natans, Thalassocnus yaucensis
Type specimen: MNHN SAS 1615. Its type locality is Sud-Sacaco West (SAS) horizon, which is in a Messinian foreshore siltstone in the Pisco Formation of Peru.
Ecology: aquatic omnivore
Distribution: found only at Sud-Sacaco West (SAS) horizon
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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