Macrochorobates is an extinct genus of euphractine cingulate that lived in South America during the Miocene and Pliocene epochs.[1]
| Macrochorobates Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Placentalia |
| Order: | Cingulata |
| Family: | Chlamyphoridae |
| Genus: | †Macrochorobates |
| Species: | †M. scalabrinii |
| Binomial name | |
| †Macrochorobates scalabrinii Moreno and Mercerat, 1891 | |
Palaeobiology
editPalaeoecology
editMacrochorobates scalabrinii is interpreted to have had a carnivorous diet intermediate between that of the specialist carnivore Macroeuphractus and the generalist Euphractus.[2]
References
edit- ↑ "PBDB Taxon". Retrieved 24 December 2025.
- ↑ Barasoain, Daniel; Tomassini, Rodrigo L; Quiñones, Sofía I; González-Ruiz, Laureano R; Bonini, Ricardo A; Zurita, Alfredo E (9 December 2024). "Evolutionary, taxonomical, and ecological traits of the Late Neogene armadillo Macrochorobates Scillato-Yané (Xenarthra: Cingulata)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 202 (4). doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae124. ISSN 0024-4082. Retrieved 24 December 2025 – via Oxford Academic.
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