Piauhytherium capivarae Guérin & Faure, 2013
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Silva (2019) considers Piauhytherium capivarae to be a synonym of Trigodonops lopesi.
Conservation Status
Extinct or invalid (synonym)
Last record: Late Pleistocene
Distribution
Brazil
Anatomy & Morphology
Weights of 1814.0kg, 1963.0kg, 2242.3kg & 2326.6kg for individuals have been reported (Nelson et al., 2023).
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Guérin, Claude and Faure, Martine. (2013). Un nouveau Toxodontidae (Mammalia, Notoungulata) du Pléistocène supérieur du Nordeste du Brésil. Geodiversitas 35(1): 155-205.
Other references:
Nelson, Allison, Engelman, Russell K. and Croft, Darin A. (2023). How to weigh a fossil mammal? South American notoungulates as a case study for estimating body mass in extinct clades. J. Mammal. Evol. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10914-023-09669-1
Silva, Ana Karoline Barros. (2019). Toxodontídeos (mammalia, notoungulata) pleistocênicos dos Estados de Pernambuco e Piauí, Nordeste do Brasil: aspectos sistemáticos e paleoecológicos. PhD thesis, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco.