Mylodon Owen 1859 (edentate)

Mammalia - Mylodontidae

Synonyms: Enbradys, Eubradys , Grypotherium , Neomylodon Ameghino 1898

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

See also Ameghino 1885, Carroll 1988, Cope 1889, Gaudin 1995, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Kurten and Anderson 1980, Leidy 1853, Leidy 1860, Lydekker 1894 and Pascual 1966

Sister taxa: Glossotheridium, Glossotheriopsis, Kiyumylodon

Subtaxa: Mylodon ambiguus Mylodon darwini Mylodon freudenbergi Mylodon martinii Mylodon paranensis Mylodon renidens Mylodon sulcidens

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Type: Mylodon darwini

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Argentina (19 collections), Bolivia (3), Brazil (2), Chile (7), Guatemala (1), Paraguay (2), United States (7: Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, Washington)

• Pliocene of United States (1: Texas)

• Miocene of Argentina (1)

Total: 43 collections including 47 occurrences

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