Scalabrinitherium

Scalabrinitherium is an extinct genus of the family Macraucheniidae. Fossils of this animal were found among the fossils of prehistoric xenarthrans in the Ituzaingó Formation of Argentina.[1]

Scalabrinitherium
Temporal range: Late Miocene (Huayquerian)
~9.0–7.246 Ma
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
†Litopterna
Family:
Macraucheniidae
Genus:
Scalabrinitherium

Type species
Scalabrinitherium bravardi
Species
  • S. bravardi
  • S. rothii

References
  1. Scalabrinitherium at Fossilworks.org

Further reading
  • F. Ameghino. 1885. Nuevos restos de mamíferos fósiles Oligocenos recogidos por el Profesor Pedro Scalabrini y pertenecientes al Museo Provincial de la ciudad del Paraná. Boletín de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias de Córdoba 8:1-205
  • R. Lydekker. 1894. Contributions to a knowledge of the Fossil Vertebrates of Argentina. III - A study of extinct Argentine ungulates. Anales del Museo de La Plata. Paleontología Argentina 2(3):1-86
  • Rusconi, С. 1932. Nuevos restos de Scalabrinitherium del Terciario de Paraná y apuntes relativos a su anatomía craneana. Rev. Med. Vet. Buenos Aires 15-19 nos. 2-0 1932 pp. 1-18


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