Scarrittia was about 2 metres (6.6 ft) in body length, and resembled a rhinoceros with a relatively long body and neck. It had three hoofed toes on each foot, and a very short tail. Due to a fused tibia and fibula, Scarrittia would have been unable to turn its legs sideways. The short skull had 44 poorly specialized teeth.[1]
Natural historyedit
This was a very successful genus with various known species, such as Scarrittia robusta, S. barranquensis and S. canquelensis, which lived around 30 million years ago. They lived in moist forest, near the coast, in wetlands, lakes, swamps, etc. and they ate soft vegetation, grasses, fruits and trees. Some species were omnivorous, eating also eggs and small mammals. They were not adapted for running, though their large size meant they had few enemies.
^Palmer, D., ed. (1999). The Marshall Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Animals. London: Marshall Editions. p. 252. ISBN1-84028-152-9.
scarrittia, extinct, genus, hoofed, mammal, family, leontiniidae, native, south, america, during, late, oligocene, epoch, deseadan, salma, classification, temporal, range, late, oligocene, deseadan, preꞒ, canquelensis, fossilscientific, classificationdomain, e. Scarrittia is an extinct genus of hoofed mammal of the family Leontiniidae native to South America during the Late Oligocene epoch Deseadan in the SALMA classification ScarrittiaTemporal range Late Oligocene Deseadan 28 4 23 03 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg NS canquelensis fossilScientific classificationDomain EukaryotaKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ChordataClass MammaliaOrder NotoungulataFamily LeontiniidaeGenus ScarrittiaSimpson 1934Type species Scarrittia canquelensisSimpson 1934SpeciesS barranquensis Ribeiro et al 2010 S canquelensis Simpson 1934 S robusta Ubilla et al 1994 Contents 1 Description 2 Natural history 3 Distribution 4 ReferencesDescription edit nbsp RestorationScarrittia was about 2 metres 6 6 ft in body length and resembled a rhinoceros with a relatively long body and neck It had three hoofed toes on each foot and a very short tail Due to a fused tibia and fibula Scarrittia would have been unable to turn its legs sideways The short skull had 44 poorly specialized teeth 1 Natural history editThis was a very successful genus with various known species such as Scarrittia robusta S barranquensis and S canquelensis which lived around 30 million years ago They lived in moist forest near the coast in wetlands lakes swamps etc and they ate soft vegetation grasses fruits and trees Some species were omnivorous eating also eggs and small mammals They were not adapted for running though their large size meant they had few enemies Distribution editFossils of Scarrittia have been found in 2 Sarmiento Formation Argentina Fray Bentos Formation UruguayReferences edit nbsp Paleontology portal Palmer D ed 1999 The Marshall Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Animals London Marshall Editions p 252 ISBN 1 84028 152 9 Scarrittia at Fossilworks org nbsp This notoungulate related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Scarrittia amp oldid 1186541143, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
