Mammalia - Megatherioidea - Megatheriidae
Parent taxon: Megatheriinae according to F. Pujos 2006
See also Carroll 1988, Roth 1911 and Rovereto 1914
Sister taxa: Anisodontherium, Diabolotherium, Eremotherium, Megathericulus, Megatheridium, Megatheriops, Megatherium, Pliomegatherium, Proeremotherium, Pyramiodontherium, Sibotherium, Urumaquia
Subtaxa: Plesiomegatherium halmyronomum Plesiomegatherium hansmeyeri Plesiomegatherium triangulatum
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Uruguay (1 collection)
• Huayquerian of Argentina (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Argentina (1), Venezuela (1)
• Miocene of Argentina (1)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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