Mammalia - Megatherioidea - Nothrotheriidae

Etymology: From Departamento del Huila, Colombia; bradys: greek, means slow

Full reference: C. Villarroel. 1998. Los Nothrotheriinae (Megatheriidae, Gravigrada) del Mioceno de La Venta (Colombia). Descripcion de Huilabradys magdaleniensis, nuevos genero y especie. Revista de la Academia Colombiana de Ciencias 22(18):497-506

Parent taxon: Nothrotheriinae according to C. Villarroel 1998

Sister taxa: Amphibradys, Aymaratherium, Chasicobradys, Lakukullus, Mionothropus, Nothrotheriops, Nothrotherium, Pronothrotherium, Xyophorus

Subtaxa: Huilabradys magdaleniensis

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Type: Huilabradys magdaleniensis

Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore

Distribution: found only at Huilabradys magdaleniensis LV-4-11 (Miocene of Colombia)

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