Hiskatherium

Hiskatherium
Temporal range: Mid Miocene (Friasian-Mayoan)
~15.97–11.608 Ma
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Pilosa
Superfamily: Megatherioidea
Genus: †Hiskatherium
Pujos et al. 2011
Species:
†H. saintandrei
Binomial name
†Hiskatherium saintandrei
Pujos et al. 2011

Hiskatherium is an extinct genus of small ground sloth from the Middle Miocene (Friasian to Mayoan) Honda Group of Bolivia.[1] The type species H. saintandrei was named in 2011 on the basis of a lower jaw. Although it has not been placed in a specific family, Hiskatherium is similar to the extinct sloths Hapalops and Xyophorus.[2]

References

  1. ^ Hiskatherium at Fossilworks.org
  2. ^ Pujos, F.; Iuliis, G. de.; Quispe, B.M. (2011). "Hiskatherium saintandrei, gen. et sp. nov.: an unusual sloth from the Santacrucian of Quebrada Honda (Bolivia) and an overview of middle Miocene, small megatherioids". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 31 (5): 1131–1149. Bibcode:2011JVPal..31.1131P. doi:10.1080/02724634.2011.599463. S2CID 86755668.


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