Pampatheriidae

Pampatheriidae is an extinct family of large xenarthran cingulates related to armadillos. They first appeared in South America during the mid-Miocene, and Holmesina and Pampatherium spread to North America during the Pleistocene after the formation of the Isthmus of Panama as part of the Great American Interchange. They became extinct as part of the end-Pleistocene extinction event, about 12,000 years ago.

Pampatheriidae

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
GlyptodontoideaPBDB
Diet
omnivorePBDB, for Xenarthra
Life habit
ground dwellingPBDB, for Xenarthra
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Osteichthyes
Environment
terrestrialPBDB, for Eutheria

Time the record covers

At least 22 million years on record.

The record covers at least 23.04 Mya to 129 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 33.9 Mya to 0 Mya.

Eocene — about 0 of 243 occurrencesOligocene — about 4 of 243 occurrencesOligoceneMiocene — about 38 of 243 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 37 of 243 occurrencesPleistocene — about 163 of 243 occurrences35–33 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences33–32 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences32–31 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences31–30 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences30–29 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences29–28 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences28–27 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences27–25 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences25–24 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences24–23 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences23–22 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences22–21 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences21–20 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences20–18 Mya — about 1 occurrence18–17 Mya — about 1 occurrence17–16 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences16–15 Mya — about 1 occurrence15–14 Mya — about 1 occurrence14–13 Mya — about 2 occurrences13–12 Mya — about 3 occurrences12–10 Mya — about 3 occurrences10–9.2 Mya — about 3 occurrences9.2–8.1 Mya — about 3 occurrences8.1–6.9 Mya — about 7 occurrences6.9–5.8 Mya — about 7 occurrences5.8–4.6 Mya — about 10 occurrences4.6–3.5 Mya — about 18 occurrences3.5–2.3 Mya — about 19 occurrences2.3–1.2 Mya — about 32 occurrences1.2–0 Mya — about 125 occurrences23.04 Mya129 ka34.6 Mya0 Mya

243 occurrences of Pampatheriidae on record, most of them in the Pleistocene. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

243 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

68 formations

Chiquimil — 26.80°S, 66.07°WChiquimil — 27.11°S, 66.83°WAndalhuala — 27.22°S, 66.93°WBermont — 28.80°N, 82.20°WBermont — 27.70°N, 82.50°WBermont — 26.90°N, 82.00°WBermont — 27.00°N, 82.20°WMonte Hermoso — 38.97°S, 61.70°WCastilletes — 11.95°N, 71.27°WCastilletes — 11.86°N, 71.37°WIrene — 38.62°S, 60.61°WIrene — 38.84°S, 60.53°WTamiami — 27.37°N, 82.45°WTamiami — 27.30°N, 80.80°WTamiami — 27.78°N, 82.68°WSolimoes — 10.12°S, 66.88°WSolimoes — 10.94°S, 69.34°WSolimoes — 10.93°S, 69.92°WUmala — 18.83°S, 66.15°WUmala — 17.08°S, 68.00°WUmala — 18.35°S, 67.93°WNuapua — 20.75°S, 63.07°WNuapua — 20.87°S, 63.07°WSanta Vitória — 33.74°S, 53.37°WSan Gregorio — 11.30°N, 70.24°WPebas — 7.36°S, 74.96°WWaccamaw — 33.10°N, 80.31°WWaccamaw — 33.00°N, 80.18°WWaccamaw — 33.67°N, 79.83°WChapala — 20.30°N, 103.20°WSolimões — 8.78°S, 68.90°WSolimões — 9.18°S, 72.70°WPaso Real — 8.86°N, 83.07°WSopas — 30.43°S, 56.45°WSopas — 32.05°S, 56.12°WLujan — 38.57°S, 58.70°WLujan — 34.60°S, 59.15°WFortin Tres Pozos — 26.60°S, 58.67°WPuerto Madryn — 42.78°S, 63.68°WLa Victoria — 3.22°N, 75.22°WLa Victoria — 3.33°N, 75.16°WItuzaingo — 31.48°S, 60.23°WChambira — 7.32°S, 74.93°WChambira — 7.35°S, 74.95°W

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The named rock units Pampatheriidae has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 44 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 120 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Pampatheriidae and its relatives

Pleistocene

Where Pampatheriidae and its relatives were recorded in the Pleistocene.

Found in the same rock

2,118 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 201 sites for Pampatheriidae, and this reads all of them. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

140 references

Each of the 243 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. 128 further references are not listed. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

Media content1

Picture of Pampatheriidae

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No 3D scan was found. Smithsonian Open Access, MorphoSource and Sketchfab were all searched.

The description on this site

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This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Paula Couto 1954