Glossotherium emmersoni Esteban 1988 (edentate)

Mammalia - Mylodontidae

Full reference: G. I. Esteban. 1988. Un nuevo Mylodontinae (Edentata, Tardigrada) del Cuaternario del noroeste Argentino (Las Estancias, Catamarca). Ameghiniana 25(2):115-122

Belongs to Glossotherium according to G. I. Esteban 1988

Sister taxa: Glossotherium chapadmalense, Glossotherium domesticum, Glossotherium garbanii, Glossotherium giganteum, Glossotherium phoenesis, Glossotherium robustum, Glossotherium tropicorum, Glossotherium wegneri, Pseudolestodon tarijensis, Pseudolestodon injunctus, Eumylodon incertus, Eumylodon bonaerensis

Type specimen: PVL 3874, a mandible (right mandible with canine and molariforms). Its type locality is Agua de las Palomas, which is in a Lujanian fluvial claystone/siltstone in Argentina.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Agua de las Palomas

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