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:
Dantas, Mário A. T. (2022). Estimating the body mass of the Late Pleistocene megafauna from the South America Intertropical Region and a new regression to estimate the body mass of extinct xenarthrans. Journal of South American Earth Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsames.2022.103900
Dantas, Mário André Trindade and Santos, Adaiana M. A. (2022). Inferring the paleoecology of the Late Pleistocene giant ground sloths from the Brazilian Intertropical Region. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 117: 103899. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsames.2022.103899
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.