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Pachyarmatherium leiseyi

Description

Pachyarmatherium is a genus of extinct large armadillo-like cingulates found in North and South America from the Pliocene and Pleistocene epochs, related to the extant armadillos and the extinct pampatheres and glyptodonts. It was present from 4.9 Mya to 11,000 years ago, existing for approximately 4.889 million years.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4974895https://www.gbif.org/species/4974895
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)49576https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=49576
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cingulata : Glyptodontidae : Pachyarmatherium : Pachyarmatherium leiseyi
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cingulata : Pachyarmatheriidae : Pachyarmatherium : Pachyarmatherium leiseyi
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)doubtful
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SynapsidaOsborn 1903
-Therapsida
infraorderCynodontia
-EpicynodontiaHopson and Kitching 2001
infraorderEucynodontiaKemp 1982
-ProbainognathiaHopson 1990
-MammaliamorphaRowe 1988
-MammaliaformesRowe 1988
classMammaliaLinnaeus 1758
subclassTribosphenida
infraclassEutheria
-PlacentaliaOwen 1837
-AmericatheriaShockey 2017
-Xenarthra
-Cingulata
familyPachyarmatheriidaeFernicola et al. 2018
genusPachyarmatheriumDowning and White 1995
speciesPachyarmatherium leiseyiDowning & White 1995
Generic NamePachyarmatherium
Scientific NamePachyarmatherium leiseyi Downing & White, 1995
Name Published InDowning, Kevin F. & Richard S. White. 1995. The cingulates (Xenarthra) of Leisey Shell Pit 1A (Irvingtonian), Hillsborough County Florida. Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 37(12): 375-396.
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Pachyarmatherium leiseyispeciesbelongs to Pachyarmatheriumstated without evidenceDowning and White, 1995
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance4.90 - 1.80 Ma
Cenozoic
Last Recorded Appearance1.80 - 0.13 Ma
Pleistocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Eutheria)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietomnivore (based on Xenarthra)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)K. F. Downing and R. S. White. 1995. The cingulates (Xenarthra) of the Leisey Shell Pit local fauna (Irvingtonian), Hillsborough County, Florida. Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 37(12):375-396
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pachyarmatherium_leiseyi

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1995Pachyarmatherium leiseyi Downing and White
2007Pachyarmatherium leiseyi McDonald and Naples p. 152
2019Pachyarmatherium leiseyi Albright et al. p. 156

References

Downing K. F., White R. S. (1995) The cingulates (Xenarthra) of the Leisey Shell Pit local fauna (Irvingtonian), Hillsborough County, Florida, Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 37 12, 375-396
McDonald H. G., Naples V. L. (2007) Xenarthra, Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America 2, 147-160
Albright L. B., Sanders A. E., et al (2019) Cenozoic vertebrate biostratigraphy of South Carolina, U.S.A. and additions to the fauna, Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 57 2, 77-236
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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