Pseudoglyptodon sallaensis

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Synapsida
Cladus: Eupelycosauria
Cladus: Metopophora
Cladus: Haptodontiformes
Cladus: Sphenacomorpha
Cladus: Sphenacodontia
Cladus: Pantherapsida
Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea
Cladus: Therapsida
Cladus: Theriodontia
Cladus: Eutheriodontia
Cladus: Cynodontia
Cladus: Epicynodontia
Cladus: Eucynodontia
Cladus: Probainognathia
Cladus: Prozostrodontia
Cladus: Mammaliamorpha
Cladus: Mammaliaformes
Classis: Mammalia
Cladus: Theriimorpha
Cladus: Theriiformes
Cladus: Trechnotheria
Cladus: Cladotheria
Cladus: Prototribosphenida
Cladus: Zatheria
Cladus: Tribosphenida
Cladus: Boreosphenida
Subclassis: Theria
Cladus: Eutheria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Superordo: Xenarthra
Ordo: Pilosa
Subordo: Folivora
Familia: Incertae sedis
Genus: †Pseudoglyptodon
Species: †Pseudoglyptodon sallaensis

Name

Pseudoglyptodon sallaensis Engelmann, 1987: 217

• Holotype: YPM VPPU 020552, partial left and right mandibles with four anterior teeth on the left, three on the right.
• Type locality and horizon: “Branisa's locality V-12, lower part of the Salla beds. Oligocene (Deseadan).”

References

Primary references

• Engelmann, G.F. 1987. A new Deseadan sloth (Mammalia: Xenarthra) from Salla, Bolivia, and its implications for the primitive condition of the dentition in edentates. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 7(2): 217–223. DOI: 10.1080/02724634.1987.10011654 ; JSTOR Reference page. 

Additional references

• Pujos, F. & De Iuliis, G. 2007. Late Oligocene Megatherioidea fauna (Edentata: Xenarthra) from Salla-Luribay (Bolivia): new data on basal sloth radiation and Cingulata-Phyllophaga split. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27(1): 132–144. DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2007)27[132:LOMFMX]2.0.CO;2 Reference page.