Holmesina
Holme Sina occidentalis at the Royal Ontario Museum
- North America (Florida, Texas)
- South America ( pampas areas, Brazil, Peru)
Holme Sina was a genus of Pampatherien within the armored Xenarthra ( Cingulata ). The animals came before until the end of the Pleistocene in North and South America.
Appearance
Holme Sina belonged as the similar genus Pampatherium to the family of Pampatheriidae. The animals were similar to today's armadillos, with which they were also used relatively close. However, they were significantly greater. The North American species Holme Sina sepentrionalis for example, reached a weight of about 180 kg. Holme Sina malnourished probably of vegetable diet, the animals were apparently less well adapted to very raufaserige food than the same time existing genus Pampatherium. Holme Sina lived less dry habitats.
Types and distribution
Holme Sina came to the late Pleistocene ago in North and South America. The various species of the genus represented geographically. The best-known species of the genus was Holme Sina sepentrionalis, which was widespread in the Late Pleistocene of Mexico, Florida and Texas to Kansas in the north. Holme Sina paulacoutoi occurred in Brazil in the Late Pleistocene. This species has been partly also found at the same sites as Pampatherium. Whether both occurred together or representing time is not clear. From the border area between present-day Peru and Ecuador, comes another kind of late Pleistocene Holme Sina occidentalis.