Biology:Hiskatherium
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Short description: Extinct genus of ground sloths
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Pilosa |
| Superfamily: | Megatherioidea |
| Genus: | †Hiskatherium Pujos et al. 2011 |
| Species: | †H. saintandrei
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| †Hiskatherium saintandrei Pujos et al. 2011
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Hiskatherium is an extinct genus of small ground sloth from the Middle Miocene (Friasian to Mayoan) Honda Group of Bolivia.[1] The type species H. saintandrei was named in 2011 on the basis of a lower jaw. Although it has not been placed in a specific family, Hiskatherium is similar to the extinct sloths Hapalops and Xyophorus.[2]
References
- ↑ Hiskatherium at Fossilworks.org
- ↑ Pujos, F.; Iuliis, G. de.; Quispe, B.M. (2011). "Hiskatherium saintandrei, gen. et sp. nov.: an unusual sloth from the Santacrucian of Quebrada Honda (Bolivia) and an overview of middle Miocene, small megatherioids". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 31 (5): 1131–1149. doi:10.1080/02724634.2011.599463. Bibcode: 2011JVPal..31.1131P.
Wikidata ☰ Q9004002 entry
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