Full reference: A. Rinderknecht, E. Bostelmann, D. Perea and G. Lecuona. 2010. A new genus and species of Mylodontidae (Mammalia: Xenarthra) from the late Miocene of Southern Uruguay, with comments on the systematics of Mylodontinae. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30(3):899-910
Parent taxon: Mylodontinae according to L. Varela et al. 2019
See also Boscaini et al. 2019 and Rinderknecht et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Archaeomylodon, Bolivartherium, Glossotherium, Lestodon, Megabradys, Morotherium, Mylodonopsis, Mylodontini, Oreomylodon, Paramylodon, Pleurolestodon, Prolestodon, Promylodon, Ranculcus, Simomylodon, Stenodon, Strabosodon, Thinobadistes
Subtaxa: Lestobradys sprechmanni
Type: Lestobradys sprechmanni
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: found only at Playa Kiyú (Miocene of Uruguay)
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