Baguatherium
Name:
Baguatherium
(Bagua beast).
Phonetic: Bah-gu-ah-fee-ree-um.
Named By: Rodolfo Salas, José Sánchez, César
Chacaltana - 2006.
Classification: Chordata, Mammalia, Pyrotheria,
Pyrotheriidae.
Species: B. jaureguii (type).
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: About 3 meters long.
Known locations: Peru.
Time period: Late Oligocene.
Fossil representation: Partial skull and post
cranial remains.
Baguatherium was has been classed as a member of the Pyrotheriidae, meaning that the genus was related to mammals like Pyrotherium. Baguatherium would have been a heavy set quadrupedal herbivore that would feed upon low growing vegetation. The incisors in the mouth were enlarged and projected forwards out of the mouth, probably as an adaptation for a specific method of feeding.
Further reading
- A New Pre-Deseadan Pyrothere (Mammalia) From Northern Peru And
The Wear Facets Of molariform Teeth Of Pyrotheria - Rodolfo Salas,
José Sánchez, César Chacaltana - 2006.
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