Nohochichak
Name:
Nohochichak.
Phonetic: No-ho-chi-chak.
Named By: Gregory H. McDonald, James C.
Chatters & Timothy J. Gaudin - 2017.
Classification: Chordata, Mammalia, Pilosa,
Megalonychidae.
Species: N. xibalbahkah
(type).
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: Unknown.
Known locations: Mexico, Yucatan Peninsula.
Time period: Late Pleistocene.
Fossil representation: Partial skull and jaw.
Nohochichak
is a type of ground sloth known to have lived in Mexico during the
late Pleistocene.
Further reading
- A new genus of megalonychid ground sloth (Mammalia, Xenarthra)
from the late Pleistocene of Quintana Roo, Mexico. - Journal of
Vertebrate Paleontology. 37 (3): e1307206. - Gregory H.
McDonald, James C. Chatters & Timothy J. Gaudin -
2017.
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