Kiyumylodon Rinderknecht et al. 2007 (edentate)

Mammalia - Mylodontidae

Full reference: A. Rinderknecht, D. Perea, and H.G. McDonald. 2007. A New Mylodontinae (Mammalia, Xenarthra) from the Camacho Formation (Late Miocene), Uruguay. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27(3):744-747

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

See also Rinderknecht et al. 2007

Sister taxa: Glossotheridium, Glossotheriopsis, Mylodon

Subtaxa: Kiyumylodon lecuonai

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Type: Kiyumylodon lecuonai

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Playa Kiyú (Miocene of Uruguay)

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