Thalassocnus natans

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Megatherioidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Metopophora Cladus: Haptodontiformes Cladus: Sphenacomorpha Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Pantherapsida Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Eutheriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Epicynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliamorpha Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Atlantogenata Superordo: Xenarthra Ordo: Pilosa Subordo: Folivora Superfamilia: Megatherioidea

Familia: †Megatheriidae
Subfamilia: †Thalassocninae
Genus: †Thalassocnus
Species: †Thalassocnus natans

Name

†Thalassocnus natans Muizon & McDonald, 1995: 224

Holotype: MNHN SAS 734, partial skeleton including skull, mandible, cervical, thoracic, lumbar and some caudal vertebrae, most ribs and some limb bones.

Type locality and horizon: “Sud-Sacaco (Department of Arequipa, Peru); Pisco Formation, Early Pliocene.”

References

Primary references

Muizon, C. de & McDonald, H.G. 1995. An aquatic sloth from the Pliocene of Peru. Nature 375: 224–227. DOI: 10.1038/375224a0 Reference page.

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