Hiskatherium | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Pilosa |
Superfamily: | Megatherioidea |
Genus: | †
Hiskatherium Pujos et al. 2011 |
Species: | †H. saintandrei
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Binomial name | |
†Hiskatherium saintandrei Pujos et al.
2011
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Hiskatherium is an extinct genus of small ground sloth from the Middle Miocene ( Friasian to Mayoan) Honda Group of Bolivia. [1] The type species H. saintandrei was named in 2011 on the basis of a lower jaw. Although it has not been placed in a specific family, Hiskatherium is similar to the extinct sloths Hapalops and Xyophorus. [2]