Nothrotherium maquinense Hay 1930 (edentate)

Mammalia - Megatherioidea - Nothrotheriidae

Synonym: Coelodon escrivanensis Reinhardt 1878

Full reference: O. P. Hay. 1930. Second Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America 390(II):1-1074

Belongs to Nothrotherium according to O. P. Hay 1930

See also Hoffstetter 1954

Sister taxa: Nothrotherium mexicanum, Nothrotherium shastense, Nothrotherium texanum, Coelodon maquinense

Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Brazil (6 collections), Uruguay (1)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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