Pachyarmatherium Downing and White 1995 (edentate)

Mammalia - Cingulata - Pachyarmatheriidae

Full reference: K. F. Downing and R. S. White. 1995. The cingulates (Xenarthra) of the Leisey Shell Pit local fauna (Irvingtonian), Hillsborough County, Florida. Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 37(12):375-396

Parent taxon: Pachyarmatheriidae according to J. C. Fernicola et al. 2018

See also Albright et al. 2019, Downing and White 1995, Fernicola 2008, McDonald and Naples 2007 and McKenna and Bell 1997

Sister taxon: Neoglyptatelus

Subtaxa: Pachyarmatherium brasiliense Pachyarmatherium leiseyi Pachyarmatherium tenebris

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Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Brazil (7 collections), United States (10: Florida, South Carolina), Venezuela (2)

• Blancan of Costa Rica (1), United States (2: Florida)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Venezuela (2)

Total: 24 collections each including a single occurrence

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