Mammalia - Cingulata - Dasypodidae
Alternative combination: Pucatherium parvus
Full reference: C. M. Herrera, J. E. Powell, and C. Papa. 2012. Un Nuevo Dasypodidae (Mammalia, Xenarthra) de la Formación Casa Grande (Eoceno) de la Provincia de Jujuy, Argentina. Ameghiniana 49(2):267-271
Belongs to Pucatherium according to C. M. R. Herrera et al. 2019
See also Ciancio et al. 2016 and Herrera et al. 2012
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: PVL 6398, an osteoderm. Its type locality is Confluence of the Laguna and Casa Grande Rivers, Casa Grande Formation, which is in a Bartonian terrestrial horizon in the Casa Grande Formation of Argentina.
Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Argentina (10 collections)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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