Scaglia kraglievichorum

Scaglia is an extinct genus of South American astrapotherid land mammal that lived during the Eocene (Casamayoran to Divisaderan in the SALMA classification).[1]

Scaglia kraglievichorum
Temporal range: Mid-Late Eocene (Casamayoran-Divisaderan)
~48.6–37.2 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Astrapotheria
Family: Astrapotheriidae
Subfamily: Astrapotheriinae
Genus: Scaglia
Simpson, 1957
Species:
S. kraglievichorum
Binomial name
Scaglia kraglievichorum
Simpson, 1957

Etymology

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The genus was named after Argentinian naturalist Galileo Juan Scaglia,[2] and the type species after Argentinian palaeontologist Lucas Kraglievich.

Description

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Its type specimen, recovered from the Sarmiento Formation of Argentina, is MMCNT-MdP 207.[3] Like Albertogaudrya, Scaglia was the size of a sheep or a small tapir, hence among the larger mammals in South America at that time.[4]

Phylogeny

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Cladogram according to Bond et al., 2011, standing out the phylogenetic position of Scaglia:[5]

Astrapotheria

References

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  1. ^ Scaglia in the Paleobiology Database. Retrieved August 2017
  2. ^ Quintana 2008, pp. 4–5
  3. ^ Scaglia kraglievichorum in the Paleobiology Database. Retrieved March 10, 2013.
  4. ^ Rose 2006, p. 236
  5. ^ Bond, Mariano; Kramarz, Alejandro; MacPhee, Ross D. E.; Reguero, Marcelo (2011). "A new astrapothere (Mammalia, Meridiungulata) from La Meseta Formation, Seymour (Marambio) Island, and a reassessment of previous records of Antarctic astrapotheres" (PDF). American Museum Novitates (3718): 16. doi:10.1206/3718.2. hdl:11336/98139. S2CID 58908785.

Bibliography

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Further reading

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  • Carroll, Robert Lynn (1988). Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution. New York: W. H. Freeman and Company. ISBN 9780716718222. OCLC 14967288.
  • Simpson, George Gaylord (1957). "A new Casamayoran astrapothere". Revista del Museo Municipal de Ciencias Naturales y Tradicional de Mar del Plata. 1 (3): 11–18. OCLC 81633287.