Mammalia - Mylodontidae

Synonym: Nematherium lavagnanum Mercerat 1891

Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1891. Nuevos restos de mamíferos fósiles descubiertos por Carlos Ameghino en el Eoceno inferior de la Patagonia austral. – Especies nuevas, adiciones y correcciones [New remains of fossil mammals discovered by Carlos Ameghino in the lower Eocene of southern Patagonia. – New species, additions, and corrections]. Revista Argentina de Historia Natural 1:289-328

Belongs to Nematherium according to F. Ameghino 1891

See also Ameghino 1894

Sister taxa: Nematherium angulatum, Nematherium auca, Nematherium birdi, Nematherium declivum, Nematherium profundatum

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Segundas Barrancas Blancas (SBB) - Estancia Cordón Alto (ECA1 & ECA2) (Miocene of Argentina)

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