Pampatheriidae

Taxobox
name = Pampatheres ( [http://www.avph.com.br/pampatherium.htm image] )
fossil_range = Oligocene - Late Pleistocene


image_width = 250px
image_caption =
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
superordo = Xenarthra
ordo = Cingulata
familia = †Pampatheriidae
familia_authority = Paula Couto, 1954
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision =
*†"Machlydotherium"
*†"Kraglievichia"
*†"Vassallia"
*†"Plaina"
*†"Scirrotherium"
*†"Pampatherium"
*†"Holmesina"

Pampatheriidae ("Pampas beasts") is an ancient family, now extinct, of large armadillo-like plantigrade armored xenarthrans. They are related to Glyptodontidae, an extinct family of much larger and more heavily armored xenarthrans, as well as to extant armadillos (Dasypodidae). Pampatheres evolved in South America during its long period of Cenozoic isolation. "Holmesina" spread to North America after the formation of the Isthmus of Panama as part of the Great American Interchange. They finally disappeared on both continents in the end-Pleistocene extinctions.

References

*http://www.paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=43546&is_is_real_user=0
*Encyclopedia of the Prehistoric World, By Douglas Palmer