Americatheria
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Scientific classification 
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Americatheria refers to a clade of mammals more closely related to Dasypus (today's armadillo) than to any members of Afrotheria (like elephants) or members of Boreotheria (like primates and rodents).[1] It was applied as a biogeography-driven name to denote the whole clade that includes both crown and stem Xenarthrans.[1][2]
Fossil evidence
Additional fossil groups, such as members of the extinct Peltephilidae and Glyptodontidae families,[2] corroborate the South American origin[1] and diversification of the clade. Fossils of such groups are generally found in well-dated stratigraphic contexts, such as Bolivia's Salla Beds[1] and Argentina's Santa Cruz Formation, which yielded a rich fauna of early xenarthran fossils.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Shockey, Bruce J. (2017). "New early diverging cingulate (Xenarthra: Peltephilidae) from the Late Oligocene of Bolivia and considerations regarding the origin of crown Xenarthra". Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History. 58 (2): 371–396. doi:10.3374/014.058.0201.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Americatheria". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 2025-06-24.
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