Glossotherium robustum Owen 1842

Mammalia - Mylodontidae

Alternative combinations: Eumylodon robustus, Glossotherium robustus, Mylodon robustus

Synonyms: Glossotherium lettsomi Cabrera 1936, Mylodon gracilis Burmeister 1865, Pseudolestodon gracilis Burmeister 1865, Pseudolestodon lettsomi Gervais and Ameghino 1880, Pseudolestodon morenoii Gervais and Ameghino 1880, Pseudolestodon myloides Gervais 1855

Belongs to Glossotherium according to R. K. McAfee 2009

See also Ameghino 1889, Ameghino 1904, Fernicola et al. 2009, Gervais and Ameghino 1880, Hoffstetter 1954, Lydekker 1894 and McDonald and Naples 2007

Sister taxa: Glossotherium chapadmalense, Glossotherium domesticum, Glossotherium emmersoni, Glossotherium garbanii, Glossotherium giganteum, Glossotherium phoenesis, Glossotherium tropicorum, Glossotherium wegneri, Pseudolestodon tarijensis, Pseudolestodon injunctus, Eumylodon bonaerensis, Eumylodon incertus

Average measurements (in mm): femur diameter 61.0, humerus diameter 55.3, radius diameter 56.5, tibia diameter 69.0

Estimated body mass: 877.7 kg based on femur diameter, humerus diameter, and tibia diameter

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Argentina (15 collections), Bolivia (1), Brazil (8), Paraguay (1), Peru (1), United States (1: Texas), Uruguay (2)

Total: 29 collections each including a single occurrence

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