Glossotheriopsis Scillato-Yané 1976 (edentate)

Mammalia - Mylodontidae

Full reference: G. J. Scillato-Yané. 1976. El más antiguo Mylodontinae (Edentata, Tardigrada) conocido: Glossotheriopsis pascuali n. gen., n. sp., del "Colloncurense" (Mioceno superior) de la Provincia de Río Negro (Argentina). Ameghiniana 13(3-4):333-334

Parent taxon: Mylodontini according to A. Boscaini et al. 2019

See also Carroll 1988, McDonald 1997 and Scillato-Yané 1976

Sister taxa: Glossotheridium, Kiyumylodon, Mylodon

Subtaxa: Glossotheriopsis pascuali

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Type: Glossotheriopsis pascuali

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Argentina (1 collection)

• Huayquerian of Argentina (1)

• Miocene of Argentina (1), Colombia (11)

Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence

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