Neuryurus Ameghino 1889 (edentate)

Mammalia - Cingulata

Synonym: Euryurus Gervais and Ameghino [replaced name]

Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1889. Contribución al conocimiento de los mamíferos fósiles de la República Argentina [Contribution to the knowledge of the fossil mammals of the Argentine Republic]. Actas de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias de la República Argentina en Córdoba 6:xxxii-1027

Parent taxon: Neuryurini according to J. C. Fernicola 2008

See also Ameghino 1885, Ameghino 1889, Brown 1912, Carroll 1988, Cope 1889, McKenna and Bell 1997, Rovereto 1914 and Soibelzon et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Pseudoeuryurus, Urotherium

Subtaxa: Neuryurus chapalmalensis Neuryurus crassus Neuryurus giganteus Neuryurus interundatus Neuryurus rudis

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Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Argentina (5 collections), Uruguay (3)

• Pliocene of Argentina (2)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Argentina (1)

Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence

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