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(Redirected from Imagocnus zazae) Extinct genus of ground sloth

Imagocnus
Temporal range: Burdigalian (Hemingfordian)
~18 Ma PreꞒ O S D C P T J K Pg N
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.

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.
Pilosan genera
Pilosa
Vermilingua
Cyclopedidae
Myrmecophagidae
Folivora
Megalocnidae
Mylodontoidea
Scelidotheriidae
Mylodontidae
Mylodontinae
Lestodontini
Mylodontini
Megatherioidea
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Neocnus comes
Megatherioidea
Megatherioidea
Megalonychidae
Ortotheriinae
Megalonychinae
Megatheria
Nothrotheriidae
Nothrotheriinae
Megatheriidae
Planopsinae
Megatheriinae
Megatherium
Taxon identifiers
Imagocnus


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