Macroeuphractus
Sign in to saveMacroeuphractus is a genus of extinct armadillos from the Late Miocene to Late Pliocene of South America. The genus is noted for its large size, with Macroeuphractus outesi being the largest non-pampathere or glyptodont armadillo discovered, as well as its specializations for carnivory, unique among all xenarthrans.
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Vinony's link graph records 81 inbound references to Macroeuphractus, and connects out to Dasypodidae, six-banded armadillo and Pampatheriidae.
Vinony files it under Cerro Azul Formation, Chapadmalalan and Fossils of Argentina.
Vinony links it to 5 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Parent taxon
- Euphractinae
- Image
- Macroeuphractus skull.jpg
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- taxon name
- Macroeuphractus
- taxon rank
- genus
- start time
- 55000000-0
- end time
- 3000000-00
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Macroeuphractus is a genus of extinct armadillos from the Late Miocene to Late Pliocene of South America. The genus is noted for its large size, with Macroeuphractus outesi being the largest non-pampathere or glyptodont armadillo discovered, as well as its specializations for carnivory, unique among all xenarthrans.
== Description == There are three currently recognised species of Macroeuphractus: M. outesi, M. retusus and M. moreni. The former, the type species, is known from one specimen from the Late Pliocene of Buenos Aires, Argentina. This specimen is composed of a fairly well preserved skull as well as numerous post-cranial elements. It represented a considerably large species at around , although it is possible that it was actually closer to , at a little over in length it would still be a decently sized predator.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Macroeuphractus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.