Extinct genus of ground sloth
Imagocnus
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MacPhee & Iturralde-Vinent 1994
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†I. zazae
Binomial name
†Imagocnus zazae MacPhee & Iturralde-Vinent 1994
Imagocnus is an extinct genus of ground sloth from the Early Miocene (Burdigalian ) Lagunitas Formation of Cuba .
Description
This sloth resided in the Antilles and showed a range of body size, from Parocnus -sized to Megalocnus -sized or larger. Its relationships to other Antillean sloths are not immediately clear, though the genera Megalocnus and Parocnus , other ground sloths, are its most likely relatives.[ 2]
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References
^ Presslee, S.; Slater, G. J.; Pujos, F.; Forasiepi, A. M.; Fischer, R.; Molloy, K.; Mackie, M.; Olsen, J. V.; Kramarz, A.; Taglioretti, M.; Scaglia, F.; Lezcano, M.; Lanata, J. L.; Southon, J.; Feranec, R.; Bloch, J.; Hajduk, A.; Martin, F. M.; Gismondi, R. S.; Reguero, M.; de Muizon, C.; Greenwood, A.; Chait, B. T.; Penkman, K. ; Collins, M.; MacPhee, R.D.E. (2019). "Palaeoproteomics resolves sloth relationships" (PDF) . Nature Ecology & Evolution . 3 (7): 1121–1130. Bibcode :2019NatEE...3.1121P . doi :10.1038/s41559-019-0909-z . PMID 31171860 . S2CID 174813630 .
^ MacPhee, R.D.E.; Iturralde-Vinent, M.A. & Gaffney, E.S. (2003). "Domo de Zaza, an early Miocene vertebrate locality in south-central Cuba, with notes on the tectonic evolution of Puerto Rico and the Mona Passage" . American Museum Novitates (3394): 1–42. doi :10.1206/0003-0082(2003)394<0001:DDZAEM>2.0.CO;2 . hdl :2246/2820 . S2CID 55615855 .