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Pattersonocnus

Pattersonocnus
Temporal range: Late Miocene (MayoanHuayquerian)
~11.6–5.3 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Pilosa
Family: Megalonychidae
Genus: Pattersonocnus
Rincón et al., 2019
Species:
P. diazgameroi
Binomial name
Pattersonocnus diazgameroi
Rincón et al., 2019

Pattersonocnus is an extinct genus of megalonychid sloth that lived during the Miocene in Venezuela 11.6 million years ago. The genus contains one known species, Pattersonocnus diazgameroi. Fossils have been found in the Urumaco Formation of Venezuela.[1]

References

  1. ^ Rincón, Ascanio D.; Solórzano, Andrés; McDonald, H. Gregory & Montellano-Ballesteros, Marisol (2019-03-04). "Two new megalonychid sloths (Mammalia: Xenarthra) from the Urumaco Formation (late Miocene), and their phylogenetic affinities". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 17 (5): 409–421. Bibcode:2019JSPal..17..409R. doi:10.1080/14772019.2018.1427639. ISSN 1477-2019. S2CID 90207481.


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