Glossotheriopsis pascuali Scillato-Yané 1976 (edentate)

Mammalia - Mylodontidae

Full reference: G. J. Scillato-Yané. 1976. El más antiguo Mylodontinae (Edentata, Tardigrada) conocido: Glossotheriopsis pascuali n. gen., n. sp., del "Colloncurense" (Mioceno superior) de la Provincia de Río Negro (Argentina). Ameghiniana 13(3-4):333-334

Belongs to Glossotheriopsis according to H. G. McDonald 1997

See also Scillato-Yané 1976

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MLP 76-VIII-30-1. Its type locality is Ingeniero Jacobacci, which is in a Colloncuran terrestrial tuff in Argentina.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Argentina (1 collection), Colombia (11)

Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence

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