Thalassocnus

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Thalassocnus
Fossil range: Late Miocene to Late Pliocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Eutheria
Superorder: Xenarthra
Order: Pilosa
Genus: †Thalassocnus
de Muizon & McDonald, 1995
Species
  • †Thalassocnus antiquus
  • †Thalassocnus natans
  • †Thalassocnus littoralis
  • †Thalassocnus carolomartini
  • †Thalassocnus yaucensis

Thalassocnus is an extinct genus of aquatic sloth from the Miocene and Pliocene of South America.

[edit] References

  • William F. Perrin, Bernd Wursig, and J. G.M. Thewissen. Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals, Pg.72.
  • McDonald, HG and Muizon, D. 2002. The cranial anatomy of Thalassocnus (Xenarthra, Mammalia), a derived nothrothere form the Neogene of the Pisco Formation (Peru). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 22(2): 349-365.
  • Muizon, C and McDonald, HG. 1995. An aquatic sloth from the Pliocene of Peru. Nature, London 375: 224-227.
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