CICYTTP 12500
CENTRO DE INVESTIGACION CIENTIFICA Y DE TRANSFERENCIA TECNOLOGICA A LA PRODUCCION
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
artículos
Título:
A review of Pliomegatherium Kraglievich, 1930 (Xenarthra: Phyllophaga: Megatheriidae).
Autor/es:
BRANDONI, D.
Revista:
NEUES JAHRBUCH FUR GEOLOGIE UND PALAONTOLOGIE-MONATSHEFTE
Referencias:
Lugar: Stuttgart; Año: 2006 p. 212 - 224
ISSN:
0028-3630
Resumen:
Eight species of Megatheriinae have been recognized from the Conglomerado osífero of the Ituzaingó Formation (Upper Miocene-Pliocene) of Argentina, but the validity of some of these taxa is doubtful. The taxonomic status of one of them, Pliomegatherium, is assessed based on restudy of the material on which the species were originally based. The morphological differences observed in the type specimens of Pliomegatherium lelongi and Pliomegatherium paranensis do not justify the specific separation. Thus Pl. paranensis is considered a synonym of Pl. lelongi.
