Biology:Parocnus
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Short description: Extinct genus of ground sloths
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| Skull of Parocnus serus, with missing jugal bone | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Pilosa |
| Family: | †Megalocnidae |
| Genus: | †Parocnus Miller 1929 |
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Parocnus is an extinct genus of sloth native to Cuba and Hispaniola, belonging to the family Megalocnidae. It was a large terrestrial ground sloth, being the second largest Caribbean sloth after Megalocnus.[1]
Taxonomy
After[2]
- †Parocnus browni Pleistocene to Holocene, Cuba
- †Parocnus serus Pleistocene to Holocene, Hispaniola (synonym Megalocnus zile)[1]
- †Parocnus dominicanus Pleistocene to Holocene, Hispaniola[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 McAfee, Robert K.; Beery, Sophia M. (2021-03-04). "Intraspecific variation of Megalonychid sloths from Hispaniola and the taxonomic implications" (in en). Historical Biology 33 (3): 371–386. doi:10.1080/08912963.2019.1618294. ISSN 0891-2963. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08912963.2019.1618294.
- ↑ White, J.L.; MacPhee, R.D.E. (2001). "The sloths of the West Indies: a systematic and phylogenetic review". in Woods, C. A.; Sergile, F. E.. Biogeography of the West Indies: Patterns and Perspectives. Boca Raton, London, New York, and Washington, D.C.: CRC Press. pp. 201–235. doi:10.1201/9781420039481-14. ISBN 978-0-8493-2001-9. https://books.google.com/books?id=f33LBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA201.
- ↑ McAfee, Robert; Beery, Sophia; Rimoli, Renato; Almonte, Juan; Lehman, Phillip; Cooke, Siobhan (2021-08-31). "New species of the ground sloth Parocnus from the late Pleistocene-early Holocene of Hispaniola" (in en). Vertebrate Anatomy Morphology Palaeontology 9 (1). doi:10.18435/vamp29369. ISSN 2292-1389. https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/vamp/index.php/VAMP/article/view/29369.
Wikidata ☰ Q108336505 entry
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