Thalassocnus

Thalassocnus sp.

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Folivora

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: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Superordo: Xenarthra Ordo: Pilosa Subordo: Folivora

Familia: †Megatheriidae
Subfamilia: †Thalassocninae
Genus: †Thalassocnus
Species (5): †T. antiquus – †T. carolomartini – †T. littoralis – †T. natans – †T. yaucensis

Name

• †Thalassocnus Muizon & McDonald, 1995: 224

Type species: †Thalassocnus natans Muizon & McDonald, 1995, by monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Muizon, C. de & McDonald, H.G. 1995. An aquatic sloth from the Pliocene of Peru. Nature 375: 224–227. DOI: 10.1038/375224a0 Reference page. 

Additional references

• McDonald, H.G. & Muizon, C. de 2002. The cranial anatomy of Thalassocnus (Xenarthra, Mammalia), a derived nothrothere from the Neogene of the Pisco Formation (Peru). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 22(2): 349–365. DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2002)022[0349:TCAOTX]2.0.CO;2 Reference page. 
• Muizon, C. de, McDonald, H.G., Salas, R. & Urbina, M. 2003. A new early species of the aquatic sloth Thalassocnus (Mammalia, Xenarthra) from the Late Miocene of Peru. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 23(4): 886–894. DOI: 10.1671/2361-13 JSTOR Reference page. 
• Muizon, C. de, McDonald, H.G., Salas, R. & Urbina, M. 2004. The youngest species of the aquatic sloth Thalassocnus and a reassessment of the relationships of the nothrothere sloths (Mammalia: Xenarthra). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 24(2): 287–397. DOI: 10.1671/2429a JSTOR Reference page.