Pseudoprepotherium venezuelanum Hoffstetter 1961 (edentate)

Mammalia - Mylodontidae

Belongs to Pseudoprepotherium according to A. D. Rincón and H. G. McDonald 2020

See also Hirschfeld 1985

Sister taxa: Pseudoprepotherium socorrensis, Pseudoprepotherium urumaquensis

Type specimen: USNM V 13860, a limb element (Femur ). Its type locality is 7 km NW of Tucupido, which is in a Santacrucian/Friasian terrestrial horizon in the Río Yuca Formation of Venezuela.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Average measurements (in mm): Femur Head diameter 84.0

Distribution:

• Miocene of Brazil (1 collection), Venezuela (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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