Riostegotherium | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Cingulata |
Family: | Dasypodidae |
Genus: | †Riostegotherium Oliveira & Bergqvist, 1998 |
Species: | †R. yanei
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Binomial name | |
†Riostegotherium yanei Oliveira & Bergqvist, 1998
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Riostegotherium was an extinct genus of armadillo from the Early to Late Eocene of South America. Fossils of the genus have been found in the Andesitas Huancache Formation of Argentina and in the Itaboraí Formation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[1]