Ahytherium aureum Cartelle, De Iuliis & Pujos, 2008
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Iporangabradyx collecti Dos Santos, 1991 (nomen nudum)
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: Quaternary (Late Pleistocene?)
Distribution
Brazil
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Cartelle, C., De Iuliis, G. and Pujos, F. (2008). A new species of Megalonychidae (Mammalia, Xenarthra) from the Quaternary of Poço Azul (Bahia, Brazil). Comptes Rendus Palevol. 7(6): 335-346.
Other references:
Ghilardi, Aline Marcele et al. (2011). Megafauna from the Late Pleistocene-Holocene deposits of the Upper Ribeira karst area, southeast Brazil. Quaternary International 245: 369-378.