Biology:Scaglia (mammal)
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†Scaglia kraglievichorum | |
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]
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References
- ↑ Scaglia in the Paleobiology Database. Retrieved August 2017
- ↑ Quintana 2008, pp. 4–5
- ↑ Scaglia kraglievichorum in the Paleobiology Database. Retrieved March 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". American Museum Novitates (3718): 16. doi:10.1206/3718.2. http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/bitstream/2246/6118/1/N3718.pdf.
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. https://books.google.com/books?id=MpQKXeP72QUC&pg=PA4. Retrieved March 2013.
- Rose, Kenneth David (2006). The beginning of the age of mammals. Baltimore: JHU Press. ISBN 0801884721. https://books.google.com/books?id=3bs0D5ix4VAC.
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.
Wikidata ☰ Q7429639 entry
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