Mammalia - Megatherioidea - Megatheriidae
Full reference: P. A. Saint-Andre and G. De Iuliis. 2001. The smallest and most ancient representative of the genus Megatherium Cuvier, 1796 (Xenarthra, Tardigrada, Megatheriidae), from the Pliocene of the Bolivian Altiplano. Geodiversitas 23(4):625-645
Belongs to Megatherium according to P. A. Saint-Andre and G. De Iuliis 2001
See also Pujos 2006
Sister taxa: Megatherium americanum, Megatherium antiquum, Megatherium bergi, Megatherium celendinense, Megatherium elenense, Megatherium gallardoi, Megatherium gaudryi, Megatherium istilarti, Megatherium lundi, Megatherium medinae, Megatherium mirabile, Megatherium rectidens, Megatherium sundti, Megatherium tarijense, Megatherium uquiense, Megatherium urbinai, Neoracanthus brackebuschianus, Neoracanthus burmeisteri
Type specimen: MNHN AYO 101, a partial skeleton (Premaxillae, maxillae, right and left dentaries, left femur)
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Bolivia (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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