Valgipes

Valgipes
Temporal range: Late Pleistocene-Early Holocene (Lujanian)
~0.126–0.010 Ma
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Skull of Valgipes bucklandi in dorsal view
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Pilosa
Family: †Scelidotheriidae
Genus: †Valgipes
Gervais 1874
Species:
†V. bucklandi
Binomial name
†Valgipes bucklandi
Lund 1846
Synonyms
  • Myrmecophaga gigantea Lund 1839
  • Platyonyx bucklandi Lund 1840
  • Valgipes deformis Gervais 1874
  • Catonyx giganteus Winge 1915

Valgipes is an extinct genus of scelidotheriid ground sloth, endemic to intertropical Brazil and Uruguay during the Late Pleistocene. Thought to have been a forest-dwelling browser,[1] Valgipes is a monotypic genus with a complex and long taxonomic history, and is a close relative of Catonyx and Proscelidodon.[2]

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