Riostegotherium
Extinct genus of mammals / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Riostegotherium was an extinct genus of armadillo from the Early to Late Eocene of South America. Fossils of the genus have been found in the Andesitas Huancache Formation of Argentina and in the Itaboraí Formation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[1]
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Riostegotherium | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Cingulata |
Family: | Dasypodidae |
Genus: | †Riostegotherium Oliveira & Bergqvist, 1998 |
Species: | †R. yanei |
Binomial name | |
†Riostegotherium yanei Oliveira & Bergqvist, 1998 | |
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