Macrochorobates

Macrochorobates
Temporal range: Miocene–Pliocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Cingulata
Family: Chlamyphoridae
Genus: †Macrochorobates
Species:
†M. scalabrinii
Binomial name
†Macrochorobates scalabrinii
Moreno and Mercerat, 1891

Macrochorobates is an extinct genus of euphractine cingulate that lived in South America during the Miocene and Pliocene epochs.

Palaeobiology

Palaeoecology

Macrochorobates scalabrinii is interpreted to have had a carnivorous diet intermediate between that of the specialist carnivore Macroeuphractus and the generalist Euphractus.

References

  1. ↑ "PBDB Taxon". Retrieved 24 December 2025.
  2. ↑ Barasoain, Daniel; Tomassini, Rodrigo L; Quiñones, Sofía I; González-Ruiz, Laureano R; Bonini, Ricardo A; Zurita, Alfredo E (9 December 2024). "Evolutionary, taxonomical, and ecological traits of the Late Neogene armadillo Macrochorobates Scillato-Yané (Xenarthra: Cingulata)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 202 (4). doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae124. hdl:11336/255270. ISSN 0024-4082. Retrieved 24 December 2025 – via Oxford Academic.