Neonematherium Ameghino 1904 (edentate)

Mammalia - Mylodontidae

Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1904. Nuevas especies de mamíferos, cretáceos y terciarios de la República Argentina [New species of mammals, Cretaceous and Tertiarty, from the Argentine Republic]. Anales de la Sociedad Cientifica Argentina 56–58:1-142

Parent taxon: Scelidotheriinae according to L. Varela et al. 2019

See also Ameghino 1904, Carroll 1988 and Rovereto 1914

Sister taxa: Amnotherium, Analcitherium, Catonyx, Lymodon, Proscelidodon, Scelidodon, Scelidotheriops, Scelidotherium, Sibyllotherium, Valgipes

Subtaxa: Neonematherium flabellatum

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Chile (1 collection), Colombia (20)

Total: 21 collections each including a single occurrence

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