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Holmesina cryptae Moura et al., 2019

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Extinct

Last record: Late Pleistocene

 

Distribution

Brazil

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

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References

Original scientific description:

Moura, Jorge Felipe et al. (2019). A new and most complete pampathere (Mammalia, Xenarthra, Cingulata) from the Quaternary of Bahia, Brazil. Zootaxa 4661(3): 401-444.

 

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

Moura, Jorge Felipe et al. (2021). Damaged armour: Ichnotaxonomy and paleoparasitology of bioerosion lesions in osteoderms of Quaternary extinct armadillos. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 109: 103255. [Abstract]

Nascimento, Carolina Santa Isabel et al. (2020). Lesions in osteoderms of pampatheres (Mammalia, Xenarthra, Cingulata) possibly caused by fleas. Acta Tropica 211: 105614. [Abstract]

 

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