Pachyarmatherium

Pachyarmatherium
Temporal range: Late Pliocene (Blancan)-Late Pleistocene (Lujanian)
~4.9–0.011 Ma
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Mounted skeleton
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Cingulata
Family: †Pachyarmatheriidae
Genus: †Pachyarmatherium
Downing & White, 1995
Species

† P. leiseyi Downing & White, 1995
† P. tenebris Rincon and White, 2007
† P. brasiliense de O. Porpino et al., 2009

Pachyarmatherium is a genus of extinct large armadillo-like cingulates found in North and South America from the Pliocene and Pleistocene epochs, related to the extant armadillos and the extinct pampatheres and glyptodonts.[1] It was present from 4.9 Mya to 11,000 years ago, existing for approximately 4.889 million years.

  1. ^ de O. Porpino, K.; Fernicola, J. C.; Bergqvist, L. P. (September 2009). "A New Cingulate (Mammalia: Xenarthra), Pachyarmatherium brasiliense sp. nov., from the Late Pleistocene of Northeastern Brazil". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 29 (3). Society of Vertebrate Paleontology: 881–893. Bibcode:2009JVPal..29..881P. doi:10.1671/039.029.0305. S2CID 86180990. Retrieved 2009-11-30.