Nematherium birdi Simpson 1941 (edentate)

Mammalia - Mylodontidae

Full reference: G. G. Simpson. 1941. A Miocene Sloth from Southern Chile. American Museum Novitates 1156

Belongs to Nematherium according to G. G. Simpson 1941

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

Type specimen: AMNH 32652, a skull. Its type locality is Cañadon La Leona, which is in a Santacrucian terrestrial tuff in the Palomares Formation of Chile.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Cañadon La Leona

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