Analcimorphus

Analcimorphus
Temporal range: Middle to Late Miocene (Santacrucian)
~18–16 Ma
Skull of A. giganteus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Pilosa
Suborder: Folivora
Clade: †Megatheria
Genus: †Analcimorphus
Ameghino, 1891
Type species
Analcimorphus inversus
Ameghino, 1891
Other species
  • A. giganteus Ameghino, 1894

Analcimorphus is an extinct genus of ground sloth of the group Megatheroidea that lived during the Miocene stage of the Neogene period in what is now Santa Cruz Province, Argentina.

References

  1. ↑ Miño-Boilini, Ángel R.; Carrillo, Juan D.; Vanegas, Andrés; Link, Andrés (2 January 2026). "New remains of Megatherioidea (Mammalia, Xenarthra) from the tropical Middle Miocene La Venta site in Colombia". Historical Biology. 38 (1). Taylor & Francis: 272–278. doi:10.1080/08912963.2025.2464836. ISSN 0891-2963.
  2. ↑ Racco, Augusto. (2021). Revisión sistemática y filogenia de los Megatherioidea basales (Xenarthra, Folivora), sensu Gaudin (2004). (Tesis Doctoral. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales).