Английская Википедия:Holmesina
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Holmesina is a genus of pampathere, an extinct group of armadillo-like xenarthrans that were distantly related to extant armadillos. Like armadillos, and unlike the other extinct branch of megafaunal cingulates, the glyptodonts, the shell was made up of flexible plates which allowed the animal to move more easily. Holmesina species were herbivores that grazed on coarse vegetation; armadillos are mostly insectivorous or omnivorous.[1]
Holmesina individuals were much larger than any modern armadillo: They could reach a length of Шаблон:Convert, and a weight of Шаблон:Convert, while the modern giant armadillo does not attain more than Шаблон:Convert.[2]
Distribution
They traveled north during the faunal interchange, and adapted well to North America, like the ground sloths, glyptodonts, armadillos, capybaras, and other South American immigrants. Their fossils are found from Brazil to the United States,[3] mostly in Texas and Florida.
References
Further reading
- J. C. Cisneros. 2005. New Pleistocene vertebrate fauna from El Salvador. Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia 8(3):239-255
- P. J. Gaudioso, G. M. Gasparini, and R. M. Barquez. 2016. Paleofauna del Pleistoceno de Termas de Rio Hondo, Santiago del Estero, Argentina. Ameghiniana 53(6):54-54
- J. I. Mead, S. L. Swift, R. S. White, H. G. McDonald, and A. Baez. 2007. Late Pleistocene (Rancholabrean) glyptodont and pampathere (Xenarthra, Cingulata) from Sonora, Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geológicas 24(3):439-449
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- Prehistoric cingulates
- Pleistocene xenarthrans
- Prehistoric placental genera
- Pleistocene mammals of North America
- Blancan
- Rancholabrean
- Pleistocene Costa Rica
- Fossils of Costa Rica
- Pleistocene El Salvador
- Fossils of El Salvador
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- Fossils of Mexico
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- Pleistocene mammals of South America
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- Pleistocene Argentina
- Fossils of Argentina
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- Fossils of Brazil
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- Fossils of Ecuador
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- Fossils of Peru
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- Fossil taxa described in 1930
- Taxa named by George Gaylord Simpson
- Pliocene mammals of South America
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