Eleutherocercus

<i>Eleutherocercus</i>

Eleutherocercus

Extinct genus of mammals

Eleutherocercus was a genus of glyptodonts that lived during the Late Miocene and Early Pliocene in South America.[1] Fossils of the genus have been found in the Huayquerian Ituzaingó Formation (E. paranensis) and the Montehermosan Monte Hermoso Formation (E. antiquus) in Argentina.[2][3]

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References

  1. [1]
    Zurita, A. E.; Oliveira, E. V.; Toriño, P.; Rodriguez-Bualó, S. M. N.; Scillato-Yané, G. J.; Luna, C.; Krapovickas, J. N. (2011). "On the taxonomic status of some Glyptodontidae (Mammalia, Xenarthra, Cingulata) from the Pleistocene of South America". Annales de Paléontologie. 97 (1–2): 63–83. Bibcode:2011AnPal..97...63Z. doi:10.1016/j.annpal.2011.07.003. hdl:11336/43130.
  2. [2]
    Paraná, Pueblo Brugo to Diamante, Ituzaingó Fm. at Fossilworks.org
  3. [3]
    Farola at Fossilworks.org

Further reading

  • A. L. Cione, M. M. Azpelicueta, M. Bond, A. A. Carlini, J. R. Casciotta, M. A. Cozzuol, M. Fuente, Z. Gasparini, F. J. Goin, J. Noriega, G. J. Scillato-Yane, L. Soibelzon, E. P. Tonni, D. Verzi, and M. G. Vucetich. 2000. Miocene vertebrates from Entre Rios province, eastern Argentina. Serie Correlacion Geologica 14:191-237
  • R. L. Tomassini, C. I. Montalvo, C.M. Deschamps and T. Manera. 2013. Biostratigraphy and biochronology of the Monte Hermoso Formation (early Pliocene) at its type locality, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 48:31-42
  • R. L. Tomassini and C. I. Montalvo. 2013. Taphonomic modes on fluvial deposits of the Monte Hermoso Formation (early Pliocene), Buenos Aires province, Argentina. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 369:282-294
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