Mammalia - Megatherioidea

Full reference: F. Pujos, G. De Iuliis, and B. M. Quispe. 2011. Hiskatherium saintandrei, gen. et sp. nov.: An Unusual Sloth from the Santacrucian of Quebrada Honda (Bolivia) and an Overview of Middle Miocene, Small Megatherioids. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 31(5):1131-1149

Parent taxon: Megatherioidea according to F. Pujos et al. 2011

Sister taxa: Megalonychidae, Megatheria, Pelecyodon, Schismotherium, Similhapalops

Subtaxa: Hiskatherium saintandrei

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Type: Hiskatherium saintandrei

Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore

Distribution: found only at Quebrada Honda (Miocene of Bolivia)

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