Chubutherium

Chubutherium Temporal range: Oligocene–Mid Miocene PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Xenarthra
Family:	†Scelidotheriidae
Subfamily:	Scelidotherinae
Genus:	Chubutherium Cattoi, 1962
Species
†C. ferelloii

Chubutherium ferelloii is an extinct species of ground sloth (Cattoi, 1962).

This species of ground sloth shared many of the traits with members of the Mylodontidae family. C. ferelloii first appeared in the Oligocene and died out during the Middle Miocene. It is related to the Pleistocene genus, Scelidotherium. It possessed but a few molars, like many other sloths. Only a few specimens have been found in Patagonia.

References

• Cattoi, N. (1962) Un nuevo (Xenarthra) del Terciario de Patagonia, Chubutherium ferelloii gen. et sp. nov. (Megalonychoidea, Mylodontidae). Revista del Museum Argentinoa Ciencias Nacional "Bernardino Rivadavia" Zoologia, 8(11): 123-133.

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