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Kuntinaru

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An extinct genus of mammals belonging to the armadillo order of xenarthrans

Kuntinaru
Temporal range: Late Oligocene (Deseadan)
~26.0 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: Cingulata
Family: Chlamyphoridae
Subfamily: Tolypeutinae
Genus: Kuntinaru
Billet et al., 2011
Species
  • K. boliviensis Billet et al., 2011 (type)

Kuntinaru is an extinct genus of tolypeutine chlamyphorid armadillo which existed in Bolivia, during the Late Oligocene (Deseadan age). It is known from the holotype MNHN-SAL 1024, skull missing the apex of the rostrum and the paratype MNHN-SAL 3, second skull missing the apex of the rostrum, recovered from the Salla Formation, Salla, Department of La Paz, Bolivia. It was first named by Guillaume Billet, Lionel Hautier, Christian de Muizon and Xavier Valentin in 2011 and the type species is Kuntinaru boliviensis.

References

  1. Guillaume Billet; Lionel Hautier; Christian de Muizon; Xavier Valentin (2011). "Oldest cingulate skulls provide congruence between morphological and molecular scenarios of armadillo evolution". Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 278 (1719): 2791–2797. doi:10.1098/rspb.2010.2443. PMC 3145180. PMID 21288952. S2CID 7199318.
Genera of armadillos and their extinct allies
Cingulata
Incertae sedis
Peltephilidae
Pachyarmatheriidae
Pampatheriidae
Dasypodidae
Dasypodinae
Astegotheriini
Dasypodini
Chlamyphoridae
Chlamyphorinae
Euphractinae
Glyptodontinae
Tolypeutinae
Peltephilus ferox

Pampatherium humboldti

Doedicurus clavicaudatus
Taxon identifiers
Kuntinaru


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