Riostegotherium
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| Riostegotherium | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Cingulata |
| Family: | Dasypodidae |
| Genus: | †Riostegotherium Oliveira & Bergqvist, 1998 |
| Species: | †R. yanei |
| Binomial name | |
| †Riostegotherium yanei Oliveira & Bergqvist, 1998 | |
Riostegotherium was an extinct genus of armadillo from the Early to Late Eocene of South America. Fossils of the genus have been found in the Andesitas Huancache Formation of Argentina and in the Itaboraí Formation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[1]
The genus is named Riostegotherium after Rio, of Rio de Janeiro, in reference to the state where the specimens were found; stego (Latin), meaning "covering"; therium (a Latinized Greek word), meaning "beast", a commonly used suffix for mammalian genera.[2]
