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{{Short description|Extinct genus of ground sloths}}
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| name = ''Thinobadistes''
| fossil_range = {{Fossil range|Middle Miocene|Pleistocene}}
| fossil_range = [[Miocene|Mid Miocene]]-[[Pliocene|Early Pliocene]] ([[Hemphillian]])<br />{{Fossil range|10.3|4.9}}
| image = Thinobadistes.jpg
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| image_caption = ''T. segnis'', Florida Museum of Natural History Fossil Hall at the University of Florida
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| taxon = Thinobadistes
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| image_caption = ''Thinobadistes segnis'', Florida Museum of Natural History Fossil Hall at the University of Florida
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| authority = [[Oliver Perry Hay|Hay]] 1919
|status = Fossil
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| phylum = [[Chordata]]
| classis = [[Mammal]]ia
| superordo = [[Xenarthra]]
| ordo = [[Pilosa]]
| familia = †[[Mylodontidae]]
| subfamilia = {{extinct}}[[Lestodontinae]]
| tribus = {{extinct}}[[Thinobadistini]]
| genus = [[extinction|†]]'''''Thinobadistes'''''
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| genus_authority = [[Oliver Perry Hay|Hay]] (1919)
| subdivision_ranks = [[Species]]
| subdivision_ranks = [[Species]]
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* ''T. segnis'' {{small|Hay 1919 ([[type species|type]])}}
* ''T. wetzeli'' {{small|Webb 1989}}
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'''''Thinobadistes''''' is an extinct [[genus]] of [[ground sloth]] of the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Mylodontidae]], endemic to [[North America]] during the [[Miocene]]-[[Pleistocene]] epochs. It lived from 13.6—5.3 [[Annum|mya]], existing for approximately {{Mya|13.6-5.3|million years}}.<ref>[http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=43648&is_real_user=1 PaleoBiology Database: ''Thinobadistes'', basic info]</ref>


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'''''Thinobadistes''''' is an extinct [[genus]] of [[ground sloth]] of the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Mylodontidae]] endemic to [[North America]] during the [[Miocene]]-[[Pliocene]] epochs ([[Hemphillian]]). It lived from 10.3 to 4.9 [[Annum|mya]], existing for approximately {{Mya|10.3-4.9|million years}}.<ref>[http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=43648&is_real_user=1 PaleoBiology Database: ''Thinobadistes'', basic info]</ref>
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''Thinobadistes'' and ''[[Pliometanastes]]'' were the first of the giant sloths to appear in N. America. Both ''Pliometanastes'' and ''Thinobadistes'' were in N. America before the [[Isthmus of Panama|Panamanian Land Bridge]] formed around 2.5 million years ago. It is then reasonable to presume that the ancestors of ''Thinobadistes'' [[island-hopping|island-hopped]] across the [[Central American Seaway]] from [[South America]], where sloths in general first evolved.<ref>[http://scienceblogs.com/tetrapodzoology/2007/01/ten_things_you_didnt_know_abou.php Tetrapod Zoology], Scienceblogs, Ten things you didn't know about sloths, by Darien Naish, [[University of Portsmouth]] January 23, 2007.</ref>
==Taxonomy==
''Thinobadistes'' was named by Hay (1919). Its type is ''Thinobadistes segnis''. It was assigned to [[Mylodontidae]] by Hay (1919) and Carroll (1988).<ref>R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution. W. H. Freeman and Company, New York 1-698</ref>
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==Fossil distribution==
Fossils have been uncovered from [[Florida]] to [[Texas]].<ref>[http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=43648&is_real_user=1 Paleobiology Database: ''Thinobadistes'', collections.]</ref>


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''Thinobadistes'' and ''[[Pliometanastes]]'' were the first of the giant sloths to appear in N. America. Both ''Pliometanastes'' and ''Thinobadistes'' were in N. America before the [[Isthmus of Panama|Panamanian Land Bridge]] formed around 2.5 million years ago. It is then reasonable to presume that the ancestors of ''Thinobadistes'' [[island-hopping|island-hopped]] across the [[Central American Seaway]] from [[South America]], where sloths in general first evolved.<ref>[http://scienceblogs.com/tetrapodzoology/2007/01/ten_things_you_didnt_know_abou.php Tetrapod Zoology] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110318021736/http://scienceblogs.com/tetrapodzoology/2007/01/ten_things_you_didnt_know_abou.php |date=2011-03-18 }}, Scienceblogs, Ten things you didn't know about sloths, by Darien Naish, [[University of Portsmouth]] January 23, 2007.</ref>
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== References ==
{{reflist}}


== Further reading ==
== Description ==
Two specimens of ''Thinobadistes'' have been estimated to weigh 948 kg and 1066 kg each.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=David Lambert |first1=W. |title=Functional Convergence of Ecosystems: Evidence from Body Mass Distributions of North American Late Miocene Mammal Faunas |journal=Ecosystems |date=2006 |volume=9 |issue=9 |pages=97–118 |doi=10.1007/s10021-005-0076-8 |s2cid=30660487 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/225741227}}</ref>
*''Classification of Mammals'' by Malcolm C. McKenna and Susan K. Bell
* Hay, O. P. 1919. Descriptions of some mammalian and fish remains from Florida of probably Pleistocene age. ''Proceedings of the United States National Museum'', 56: 103-112.
* Hay, O. P. 1921. Descriptions of species of Pleistocene vertebrata, types or specimens of most of which are preserved in the United States National Museum. ''Proceedings of the United States National Museum'', 59: 599-642.
* Stock, C. 1948. Ground sloth ''Thinobadistes'' from the Pliocene of Florida. ''Bulletin of the Geological Society of America'', 59(12): 1382.
* Webb, S. D. 1980. North American mammalian chronology and the Interamerican interchance. ''Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America'', 12 (7): 546.
* Webb, S. D. 1989. Osteology and relationship of ''Thinobadistes segnis'', the first mylodont sloth in North America; pp. 496-532 in K. H. Redford and J. F. Eisenberg (eds.), ''Advances in Neotropical Mammalogy'', Sandhill Crane Press, Gainesville.


==History and taxonomy==
{{portal|Paleontology|Prehistory of North America}}
The first reported discovery of ''Thinobadistes'' fossils came in 1887 when in Pleistocene deposits in [[Levy County, Florida|Levy County]], [[Florida]], a member of the [[United States Geological Survey]], possibly famous collector [[John Bell Hatcher]], collected an astragalus of a large mylodontid, though the fossil was referred to ''[[Paramylodon|Mylodon harlani]]'' until 1919.<ref name=":0">Hay, O. P. (1919). Descriptions of some mammalian and fish remains from Florida of probably Pleistocene age.</ref> The fossil was made as the [[holotype]] ([[National Museum of Natural History|USNM]] 3335) of ''Thinobadistes segnis'' by Oliver P. Hay in 1919, who believed it was a close relative of ''[[Mylodon|Gnathopsis]]''.<ref name=":1">Webb, S. D. (1989). Osteology and relationships of Thinobadistes segnis, the first mylodont sloth in North America. ''Advances in neotropical mammalogy'', ''1989'', 469-532.</ref><ref name=":0" /> ''Thinobadistes'' ''segnis''<nowiki/>' holotype was likely collected at "Mixon's Bone Bed",<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0" /> which was the site at which many more ''T. segnis'' fossils were found during the late 1930s and early 1940s by Frick Laboratory.<ref name=":1" /> These fossils gave a comprehensive view on the taxon, including fossils from the skull and teeth. It wasn't until 1989 that many of the fossils were fully described by S. D. Webb, who also described many more ''Thinobadistes'' fossils from areas like the [[Texas Panhandle]] and [[Withlacoochee River (Florida)|Withlacoochee River]].<ref name=":2">Hulbert, R. C., Poyer, A. R., & Webb, S. D. (2002). Tyner Farm, a new early Hemphillian local fauna from north-central Florida. ''Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology'', ''22''(3).</ref><ref name=":1" /> Some of the younger and larger fossils were put into a new species, ''Thinobadistes wetzeli'', which was also based on an astragalus found in [[Hemphillian]] deposits of the [[Withlacoochee River (Florida)|Withlacoochee River]], Florida.<ref name=":1" />


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==Fossil distribution==
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Fossils of ''Thinobadistes segnis'' have only been found at 2 sites, both [[Hemphillian|early Hemphillian]], the type quarry at "Mixon's Bone Bed" in [[Levy County, Florida]] and a single partial [[Molar (tooth)|molar]] found was at McGehee Farm in [[Alachua County, Florida|western Alachua County, Florida]]. The second named species, ''T. wetzeli'', is from the lower early Hemphillian and has a wider distribution, with 2 sites containing fossils near the [[Withlacoochee River (Florida)|Withlacoochee River]], Florida, 1 at Tyner Farm also in Alachua County,<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":1" /> and material of a juvenile found in the [[Texas Panhandle]].<ref name=":1" /> Fossils from an unknown species were found in the youngest ''Thinobadistes-''bearing deposits at Coffee Ranch in the Texas Panhandle.<ref name=":1" /><ref>Dalquest, W. W. (1983). ''Mammals of the Coffee Ranch Local Fauna Hemphilian of Texas''. Texas Memorial Museum, The University of Texas at Austin.</ref>

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== References ==
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Thinobadistes
Temporal range: Mid Miocene-Early Pliocene (Hemphillian)
10.3–4.9 Ma
T. segnis, Florida Museum of Natural History Fossil Hall at the University of Florida
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Pilosa
Family: †Mylodontidae
Tribe: †Lestodontini
Genus: †Thinobadistes
Hay 1919
Species
  • T. segnis Hay 1919 (type)
  • T. wetzeli Webb 1989

Thinobadistes is an extinct genus of ground sloth of the family Mylodontidae endemic to North America during the Miocene-Pliocene epochs (Hemphillian). It lived from 10.3 to 4.9 mya, existing for approximately 5.4 million years.[1]

Thinobadistes and Pliometanastes were the first of the giant sloths to appear in N. America. Both Pliometanastes and Thinobadistes were in N. America before the Panamanian Land Bridge formed around 2.5 million years ago. It is then reasonable to presume that the ancestors of Thinobadistes island-hopped across the Central American Seaway from South America, where sloths in general first evolved.[2]

Description[edit]

Two specimens of Thinobadistes have been estimated to weigh 948 kg and 1066 kg each.[3]

History and taxonomy[edit]

The first reported discovery of Thinobadistes fossils came in 1887 when in Pleistocene deposits in Levy County, Florida, a member of the United States Geological Survey, possibly famous collector John Bell Hatcher, collected an astragalus of a large mylodontid, though the fossil was referred to Mylodon harlani until 1919.[4] The fossil was made as the holotype (USNM 3335) of Thinobadistes segnis by Oliver P. Hay in 1919, who believed it was a close relative of Gnathopsis.[5][4] Thinobadistes segnis' holotype was likely collected at "Mixon's Bone Bed",[5][4] which was the site at which many more T. segnis fossils were found during the late 1930s and early 1940s by Frick Laboratory.[5] These fossils gave a comprehensive view on the taxon, including fossils from the skull and teeth. It wasn't until 1989 that many of the fossils were fully described by S. D. Webb, who also described many more Thinobadistes fossils from areas like the Texas Panhandle and Withlacoochee River.[6][5] Some of the younger and larger fossils were put into a new species, Thinobadistes wetzeli, which was also based on an astragalus found in Hemphillian deposits of the Withlacoochee River, Florida.[5]

Fossil distribution[edit]

Fossils of Thinobadistes segnis have only been found at 2 sites, both early Hemphillian, the type quarry at "Mixon's Bone Bed" in Levy County, Florida and a single partial molar found was at McGehee Farm in western Alachua County, Florida. The second named species, T. wetzeli, is from the lower early Hemphillian and has a wider distribution, with 2 sites containing fossils near the Withlacoochee River, Florida, 1 at Tyner Farm also in Alachua County,[6][5] and material of a juvenile found in the Texas Panhandle.[5] Fossils from an unknown species were found in the youngest Thinobadistes-bearing deposits at Coffee Ranch in the Texas Panhandle.[5][7]

References[edit]

  1. ^ PaleoBiology Database: Thinobadistes, basic info
  2. ^ Tetrapod Zoology Archived 2011-03-18 at the Wayback Machine, Scienceblogs, Ten things you didn't know about sloths, by Darien Naish, University of Portsmouth January 23, 2007.
  3. ^ David Lambert, W. (2006). "Functional Convergence of Ecosystems: Evidence from Body Mass Distributions of North American Late Miocene Mammal Faunas". Ecosystems. 9 (9): 97–118. doi:10.1007/s10021-005-0076-8. S2CID 30660487.
  4. ^ a b c Hay, O. P. (1919). Descriptions of some mammalian and fish remains from Florida of probably Pleistocene age.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h Webb, S. D. (1989). Osteology and relationships of Thinobadistes segnis, the first mylodont sloth in North America. Advances in neotropical mammalogy, 1989, 469-532.
  6. ^ a b Hulbert, R. C., Poyer, A. R., & Webb, S. D. (2002). Tyner Farm, a new early Hemphillian local fauna from north-central Florida. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 22(3).
  7. ^ Dalquest, W. W. (1983). Mammals of the Coffee Ranch Local Fauna Hemphilian of Texas. Texas Memorial Museum, The University of Texas at Austin.


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