Chubutherium

{{Automatic taxobox

| fossil_range = Late Oligocene-Early Miocene (Deseadan-Colhuehuapian)
~{{Fossil range|29.0|21.0}}

| taxon = Chubutherium

| authority = Cattoi, 1962

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = * †C. ferelloii

}}

Chubutherium is an extinct genus of ground sloth from the Late Oligocene and Early Miocene of Chubut Province, Argentina.

Description

This species of ground sloth was assigned to the family Scelidotheriidae, which was subsequently demoted to subfamily Scelidotheriinae within Mylodontidae, then elevated back to full family status.{{cite journal|last1= Presslee|first1= S.|last2= Slater|first2=G. J.|last3= Pujos|first3= F.|last4= Forasiepi|first4=A. M.|last5= Fischer|first5= R.|last6= Molloy|first6= K.|last7= Mackie|first7= M.|last8= Olsen|first8=J. V.|last9= Kramarz|first9= A.|last10= Taglioretti|first10= M.|last11= Scaglia|first11= F.|last12= Lezcano|first12= M.|last13= Lanata|first13=J. L.|last14= Southon|first14= J.|last15= Feranec|first15= R.|last16= Bloch|first16= J.|last17= Hajduk|first17= A.|last18= Martin|first18=F. M.|last19= Gismondi|first19= R. S.|last20= Reguero|first20 =M.|last21=de Muizon|first21= C.|last22= Greenwood|first22= A.|last23= Chait|first23=B. T.|last24= Penkman|first24= K.|author24-link= Kirsty Penkman |last25= Collins|first25= M.|last26= MacPhee|first26= R.D.E.|title= Palaeoproteomics resolves sloth relationships|journal=Nature Ecology & Evolution|volume= 3|issue= 7|pages= 1121–1130|year= 2019|doi= 10.1038/s41559-019-0909-z|pmid= 31171860|bibcode= 2019NatEE...3.1121P|s2cid= 174813630|url= http://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/147061/1/5426_3_merged_1554730549.pdf}} It is related to the Pleistocene genus, Scelidotherium. It possessed but a few molars, like many other sloths. Only a few specimens have been found in Patagonia. Little material is found of the genus and the taxonomic position is still debated.Boilini, 2012, p.162

References

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{{citation |last=Miño Boilini |first=Ángel Ramón |year=2012 |title=Sistemática y evolución de los Scelidotheriinae (Xenarthra, Mylodontidae) cuaternarios de la Argentina - Importancia bioestratigráfica, paleobiogeográfica y paleoambiental (PhD thesis) |url=http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/bitstream/handle/10915/24819/Documento_completo__.%2520MI%25C3%2591O-BOILINI%25202012%2520FINAL.pdf%3Fsequence%3D1 |publisher=Universidad Nacional de La Plata |pages=1–301 |accessdate=2017-08-15}}

Chubutherium

Description

References

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