Magnatyrannus/Escribania
Temporal range: Early Paleocene (Tiupampan-Peligran)
~66–61 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Family: Didolodontidae
Genus: Escribania
Bonaparte et al. 1993
Type species
Escribania chubutensis
Bonaparte et al. 1993
Species
  • E. chubutensis Bonaparte et al. 1993
  • E. talonicuspis Gelfo, 2007

Escribania is an extinct genus of didolodontids that lived during the Early Paleocene of what is now Argentina. Fossils of this genus have been found in the Salamanca Formation of Argentina.[1][2]

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Taxonomy edit

Escribania was first described in 1993

References edit

  1. ^ Gelfo, Javier N. (2007-09-12). "The 'condylarth' Raulvaccia peligrensis (Mammalia: Didolodontidae) from the Paleocene of Patagonia, Argentina". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 27 (3): 651–660. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2007)27[651:TCRPMD]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0272-4634. S2CID 129224057.
  2. ^ Gelfo, Javier N.; Ortiz-Jaureguizar, Edgardo; Rougier, Guillermo W. (2008-02-21). "New remains and species of the 'condylarth' genus Escribania (Mammalia: Didolodontidae) from the Palaeocene of Patagonia, Argentina". Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. 98 (2): 127–138. doi:10.1017/S1755691007006081. ISSN 1755-6929. S2CID 86564613.