Thalassocnus natans Muizon and McDonald 1995 (edentate)

Mammalia - Megatherioidea - Nothrotheriidae

Full reference: C. Muizon and H. G. McDonald. 1995. An aquatic sloth from the Pliocene of Peru. Nature 375:224-227

Belongs to Thalassocnus according to J. Peralta-Prato and A. Solórzano 2019

See also Amson et al. 2017 and Muizon and McDonald 1995

Sister taxa: Thalassocnus antiquus, Thalassocnus carolomartini, Thalassocnus littoralis, Thalassocnus yaucensis

Type specimen: MNHN SAS 734, a partial skeleton (skull, mandible, and partial skeleton). Its type locality is Sud Sacaco, Montemar, which is in a Messinian paralic siltstone in the Pisco Formation of Peru.

Ecology: aquatic omnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Chile (1 collection), Peru (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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