An edentate from the Pleistocene of Texas, Chlamytherium septentrionale

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1956

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Chlamytherium septentrionale (Leidy), 1839, a fossil edenate recovered from the Pleistocene in Houston, Texas is described. It is the most complete remains of the species known today and reveals many features that were previously unknown. The find represents the eighth locality for this species in Texas. This skeleton is specifically identical with the remains on which the genus Holmesina Simpson was founded. There are insufficient differences between this animal and the type species of the genus Chlamytherium, C. humboldtii Lund, 1838, to warrant two separate genera. Hence, Holmesina Simpson is a junior synonym of Chlamytherium Lund. [...]

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