Thalassocnus

Taxobox
name = "Thalassocnus"
fossil_range = Late Miocene to Late Pliocene

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image_width = 270 px
image_caption = "Thalassocnus" skeleton, Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
subclassis = Theria
infraclassis = Eutheria
superordo = Xenarthra
ordo = Pilosa
familia = †Megatheriidae
subfamilia = †Nothrotheriinae
genus = †"Thalassocnus"
genus_authority = de Muizon & McDonald, 1995
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =
*†"Thalassocnus antiquus"
*†"Thalassocnus natans"
*†"Thalassocnus littoralis"
*†"Thalassocnus carolomartini"
*†"Thalassocnus yaucensis" Thalassocnus is an extinct genus of aquatic sloth from the Miocene and Pliocene of South America.

References

*William F. Perrin, Bernd Wursig, and J. G.M. Thewissen. Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals, Pg.72.
* 2002. The cranial anatomy of Thalassocnus (Xenarthra, Mammalia), a derived nothrothere form the Neogene of the Pisco Formation (Peru). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 22(2): 349-365.
* 1995. An aquatic sloth from the Pliocene of Peru. Nature, London 375: 224-227.
* "World Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Creatures: The Ultimate Visual Reference To 1000 Dinosaurs And Prehistoric Creatures Of Land, Air And Sea ... And Cretaceous Eras (World Encyclopedia)" by Dougal Dixon

Links

* [http://www.bioone.org/perlserv/?request=get-abstract&doi=10.1671%2F2429b&ct=1 BIOONE Online Journals - THE EVOLUTION OF FEEDING ADAPTATIONS OF THE AQUATIC SLOTH THALASSOCNUS]