Schismotherium rectangularis Ameghino 1887 (edentate)

Mammalia - Megatherioidea

Alternative combination: Hapalops rectangularis

Synonyms: Hapalops ellipticus Ameghino 1887, Stenocephalus cognatus Mercerat 1891

Belongs to Schismotherium according to Mercerat 1891

See also Bargo et al. 2019

Sister taxa: Schismotherium binum, Schismotherium fractum, Schismotherium splendens

Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore

Distribution: found only at Río Gallegos (Miocene of Argentina)

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.