An extinct genus of mammals belonging to the armadillo order of xenarthrans
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Machlydotherium
Temporal range: Mid Eocene-Early Oligocene (Mustersan-Tinguirirican) ~48–30 Ma
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Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Cingulata
Family:
†Pampatheriidae
Genus:
†Machlydotherium Ameghino, 1902
Type species
†Machlydotherium asperum
Ameghino 1902
Species
M. asperumAmeghino 1902
M. aterAmeghino 1902
M. intortumAmeghino 1902
M. sparsumAmeghino 1902
Machlydotherium is an extinct genus of cingulate of uncertain systematic affinities, perhaps belonging to the Pampatheriidae. It lived from the Middle Eocene to the Early Oligocene, and its fossilized remains were found in South America.
Machlydotherium is an extinct genus of cingulate of uncertain systematic affinities, perhaps belonging to the Pampatheriidae. It lived from the Middle...
†Pampatheriidae Genus ?†Machlydotherium Ameghino 1902 Genus †Holmesina Simpson 1930 Genus †Kraglievichia Castellanos 1927 Genus †Machlydotherium Genus †Pampatherium...
extinctions, about 12,000 years ago. The placement of the Eocene genus Machlydotherium in the family is considered doubtful. The oldest undoubted member of...
†Pampatheriidae Paula Couto 1954 Genus †Tonnicinctus Góis et al. 2015 Genus †Machlydotherium Ameghino 1902 Genus †Kraglievichia Castellanos 1927 [Kraglievichia...
member of Cingulata of uncertain phylogenetic placement, similar to Machlydotherium and Eocoleophorus. The type species is Paleogene (?Eocene) Yuruatherium...
Colhué Huapí Member Holomegalonyx H. menendezi Colhué Huapí Member Machlydotherium M. ater M. sparsum M. sp. Gran Barranca, Rosado, Upper Puesto Almendra...
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