Mammalia - Mylodontidae

Holotype: MCN 170-72v, fragment of right maxilla with

alveoli of the caniniform to the fourth molariform; posterior

part of the cranium with the occipital, right occipital condyle,

part of the parietals; part of the mandible with both rami

joined at the symphysis, without ascending ramus, with the

alveoli of the caniniform to molariform 3; left ulna. Holotype: MCNC / 170-72V. Partial skull, jaw, fragment of the sacro, ribs and ulna.

Etymology: urumaquensis, from Urumaco region

Full reference: O. J. Linares. 2004. Nuevos restos del género Lestodon Gervais, 1855 (Xenarthra, Tardigrada, Mylodontidae), del Mioceno Tardío y Plioceno Temprano de Urumaco (Venezuela), con descripción de dos nuevas especies. Paleobiología Neotropical 2:1-14

Belongs to Lestodon according to O. J. Linares 2004

See also Carlini et al. 2006

Sister taxa: Lestodon antiquus, Lestodon armatus, Lestodon garrachicii, Lestodon myloides

Type specimen: MCNC / 170-72V, a partial skull (Femur)

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Urumaco, Biozona 3 Loc 26-FU (Miocene of Venezuela)

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