| Scaglia kraglievichorum | |
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Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | † Astrapotheria |
| Family: | † Astrapotheriidae |
| Subfamily: | † Astrapotheriinae |
| Genus: | †
Scaglia Simpson, 1957 |
| Species: | †S. kraglievichorum
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| Binomial name | |
| †Scaglia kraglievichorum Simpson, 1957
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Scaglia is an extinct genus of South American astrapotherid land mammal that lived during the Eocene ( Casamayoran to Divisaderan in the SALMA classification). [1]
Etymology
The genus was named after Argentinian naturalist Galileo Juan Scaglia, [2] and the type species after Argentinian palaeontologist Lucas Kraglievich.
Description
Its type specimen, recovered from the Sarmiento Formation of Argentina, is MMCNT-MdP 207. [3] Like Albertogaudrya, Scaglia was the size of a sheep or a small tapir, hence among the larger mammals in South America at that time. [4]
Phylogeny
Cladogram according to Bond et al., 2011, standing out the phylogenetic position of Scaglia: [5]
References
- ^ Scaglia in the Paleobiology Database. Retrieved August 2017
- ^ Quintana 2008, pp. 4–5
- ^ Scaglia kraglievichorum in the Paleobiology Database. Retrieved March 10, 2013.
- ^ Rose 2006, p. 236
- ^ Bond, Mariano; Kramarz, Alejandro; MacPhee, Ross D. E.; Reguero, Marcelo (2011). "A new astrapothere (Mammalia, Meridiungulata) from La Meseta Formation, Seymour (Marambio) Island, and a reassessment of previous records of Antarctic astrapotheres" (PDF). American Museum Novitates (3718): 16. doi: 10.1206/3718.2. hdl: 11336/98139. S2CID 58908785.
Bibliography
- Quintana, Carlos A. (2008). Los Fósiles de Mar del Plata: Un viaje al pasado de nuestra región. Buenos Aires: Libros del Espinillo. ISBN 9781435737358. Retrieved March 10, 2013.
- Rose, Kenneth David (2006). The beginning of the age of mammals. Baltimore: JHU Press. ISBN 0801884721.
Further reading
- Carroll, Robert Lynn (1988). Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution. New York: W. H. Freeman and Company. ISBN 9780716718222. OCLC 14967288.
- Simpson, George Gaylord (1957). "A new Casamayoran astrapothere". Revista del Museo Municipal de Ciencias Naturales y Tradicional de Mar del Plata. 1 (3): 11–18. OCLC 81633287.
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| Scaglia kraglievichorum | |
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|
Scientific classification
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | † Astrapotheria |
| Family: | † Astrapotheriidae |
| Subfamily: | † Astrapotheriinae |
| Genus: | †
Scaglia Simpson, 1957 |
| Species: | †S. kraglievichorum
|
| Binomial name | |
| †Scaglia kraglievichorum Simpson, 1957
| |
Scaglia is an extinct genus of South American astrapotherid land mammal that lived during the Eocene ( Casamayoran to Divisaderan in the SALMA classification). [1]
Etymology
The genus was named after Argentinian naturalist Galileo Juan Scaglia, [2] and the type species after Argentinian palaeontologist Lucas Kraglievich.
Description
Its type specimen, recovered from the Sarmiento Formation of Argentina, is MMCNT-MdP 207. [3] Like Albertogaudrya, Scaglia was the size of a sheep or a small tapir, hence among the larger mammals in South America at that time. [4]
Phylogeny
Cladogram according to Bond et al., 2011, standing out the phylogenetic position of Scaglia: [5]
References
- ^ Scaglia in the Paleobiology Database. Retrieved August 2017
- ^ Quintana 2008, pp. 4–5
- ^ Scaglia kraglievichorum in the Paleobiology Database. Retrieved March 10, 2013.
- ^ Rose 2006, p. 236
- ^ Bond, Mariano; Kramarz, Alejandro; MacPhee, Ross D. E.; Reguero, Marcelo (2011). "A new astrapothere (Mammalia, Meridiungulata) from La Meseta Formation, Seymour (Marambio) Island, and a reassessment of previous records of Antarctic astrapotheres" (PDF). American Museum Novitates (3718): 16. doi: 10.1206/3718.2. hdl: 11336/98139. S2CID 58908785.
Bibliography
- Quintana, Carlos A. (2008). Los Fósiles de Mar del Plata: Un viaje al pasado de nuestra región. Buenos Aires: Libros del Espinillo. ISBN 9781435737358. Retrieved March 10, 2013.
- Rose, Kenneth David (2006). The beginning of the age of mammals. Baltimore: JHU Press. ISBN 0801884721.
Further reading
- Carroll, Robert Lynn (1988). Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution. New York: W. H. Freeman and Company. ISBN 9780716718222. OCLC 14967288.
- Simpson, George Gaylord (1957). "A new Casamayoran astrapothere". Revista del Museo Municipal de Ciencias Naturales y Tradicional de Mar del Plata. 1 (3): 11–18. OCLC 81633287.
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