Type: Lestodon urumaquensis Linares, 2004.
Etymology:In honour of the Libertador General Simon
Bolvar, American revolutionary; and therium mammal
Full reference: A. A. Carlini, G. J. Scillato-Yané, and R. Sánchez. 2006. New Mylodontoidea (Xenarthra, Phyllophaga) from the Middle Miocene-Pliocene of Venezuela. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 4(3):255-267
Parent taxon: Mylodontinae according to L. Varela et al. 2019
See also Boscaini et al. 2019, Carlini et al. 2006 and Saint-André et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Archaeomylodon, Glossotherium, Lestobradys, Lestodon, Megabradys, Morotherium, Mylodonopsis, Mylodontini, Oreomylodon, Paramylodon, Pleurolestodon, Prolestodon, Promylodon, Ranculcus, Simomylodon, Stenodon, Strabosodon, Thinobadistes
Subtaxa: Bolivartherium codorensis Bolivartherium urumaquensis
Type: Bolivartherium urumaquensis
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Miocene to Pliocene of Venezuela (1 collection)
• Miocene of Venezuela (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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