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Miocnus

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Miocnus
Temporal range: Pleistocene
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Miocnus

Matthew (1931)
Species
  • M. antillensis (Type)

Miocnus is an extinct genus of ground sloths of the family Megalocnidae endemic to Cuba during the Pleistocene and very early Holocene epochs, living from 1.8 Mya—11,000 years ago, existing for approximately 1.789 million years.[2]

Taxonomy

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Miocnus was named by Matthew (1931). Its type is Miocnus antillensis. It was assigned to Megalonychidae by Matthew (1931) based on morphological considerations,[3] and subsequently moved to Megalocnidae by Presslee et al. (2019) based on molecular sequence data.[1]

Fossil distribution

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Sites and ages of specimen (complete list):

  • Casimba, Cuba ~1.8 Mya–11,000 years ago.

References

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  1. ^ a b Presslee, S.; Slater, G. J.; Pujos, F.; Forasiepi, A. M.; Fischer, R.; Molloy, K.; Mackie, M.; Olsen, J. V.; Kramarz, A.; Taglioretti, M.; Scaglia, F.; Lezcano, M.; Lanata, J. L.; Southon, J.; Feranec, R.; Bloch, J.; Hajduk, A.; Martin, F. M.; Gismondi, R. S.; Reguero, M.; de Muizon, C.; Greenwood, A.; Chait, B. T.; Penkman, K.; Collins, M.; MacPhee, R.D.E. (2019). "Palaeoproteomics resolves sloth relationships" (PDF). Nature Ecology & Evolution. 3 (7): 1121–1130. Bibcode:2019NatEE...3.1121P. doi:10.1038/s41559-019-0909-z. PMID 31171860. S2CID 174813630. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 September 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  2. ^ http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=displayCollectionDetails&collection_no=37704Paleobiology database: Casimba collection. Archived 16 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ W. D. Matthew. 1931. Genera and new species of ground sloths from the Pleistocene of Cuba Archived 31 July 2017 at the Wayback Machine. American Museum Novitates 511:1–5


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