Kuntinaru

Name: Kuntinaru.
Phonetic: Kun-tin-ah-ru.
Named By: Guillaume Billet,‭ ‬Lionel Hautier,‭ ‬Christian de Muizon‭ & ‬Xavier Valentin‭ ‬-‭ ‬2011.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Mammalia,‭ ‬Xenarthra,‭ ‬Cingulata,‭ ‬Dasypodidae,‭ ‬Tolypeutinae.
Species: K.‭ ‬boliviensis‭ (‬type‭)‬.
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: Uncertain.
Known locations: Bolivia.
Time period: Oligocene.
Fossil representation: Partial skull.

       Known from a partial skull,‭ ‬Kuntinaru is a genus of dasypodid armadillo that lived in Bolivia during the Oligocene.

Further reading
-‭ ‬Oldest cingulate skulls provide congruence between morphological and molecular scenarios of armadillo evolution.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Proceedings of the Royal Society B‭ ‬278‭ (‬1719‭)‬:‭ ‬2791‭–‬2797.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Guillaume Billet,‭ ‬Lionel Hautier,‭ ‬Christian de Muizon‭ & ‬Xavier Valentin‭ ‬-‭ ‬2011.



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