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 C. Muizon et al. 2004
See also Amson et al. 2017, De Los Arcos et al. 2017 and McDonald and Muizon 2002
Sister taxa: Thalassocnus antiquus, Thalassocnus littoralis, Thalassocnus natans, Thalassocnus yaucensis
Type specimen: SMNK PAL 3814. Its type locality is Sacaco (SAO horizon), which is in a Tortonian/Messinian paralic siltstone in the Pisco Formation of Peru.
Ecology: aquatic omnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Chile (2 collections)
• Miocene of Peru (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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