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Imagocnus

Imagocnus
Temporal range: Burdigalian (Hemingfordian)
~18 Ma
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Pilosa
Family: †Megalocnidae
Genus: †Imagocnus
MacPhee & Iturralde-Vinent 1994
Type species
†Imagocnus zazae
MacPhee & Iturralde-Vinent 1994

Imagocnus is an extinct genus of ground sloth from the Early Miocene (Burdigalian) Lagunitas Formation of Cuba.

Description

This sloth resided in the Antilles and showed a range of body size, from Parocnus-sized to Megalocnus-sized or larger. Its relationships to other Antillean sloths are not immediately clear, though the genera Megalocnus and Parocnus, other ground sloths, are its most likely relatives.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ MacPhee, R.D.E.; Iturralde-Vinent, M.A. & Gaffney, E.S. (2003). "Domo de Zaza, an early Miocene vertebrate locality in south-central Cuba, with notes on the tectonic evolution of Puerto Rico and the Mona Passage". American Museum Novitates (3394): 1–42. doi:10.1206/0003-0082(2003)394<0001:DDZAEM>2.0.CO;2. hdl:2246/2820. S2CID 55615855.


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