†Thalassocnus antiquus Muizon et al. 2003 (edentate)
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Mammalia - Megatherioidea - Nothrotheriidae
Full reference: C. Muizon, H. G. McDonald, R. Salas and M. Urbina. 2003. A new early species of the aquatic sloth Thalassocnus (Mammalia, Xenarthra) from the late Miocene of Peru. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 23(4):886-894
Belongs to Thalassocnus according to E. Amson et al. 2017
See also Muizon et al. 2003
Sister taxa: Thalassocnus carolomartini, Thalassocnus littoralis, Thalassocnus natans, Thalassocnus yaucensis
Type specimen: MUSM 228. Its type locality is Aguada de Lomas, which is in a Tortonian foreshore siltstone in the Pisco Formation of Peru.
Ecology: aquatic omnivore
Distribution: found only at Aguada de Lomas
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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