Mammalia - Cingulata - Pampatheriidae
Holotype: MCL-501/ 01, partial skeleton.
deposited in the Collection Palentologia of the Museum of Biological Sciences of the Pontificia Universidad Catlica de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte.
Full reference: C. Cartelle and G. A. Bohorquez. 1984. Pampatherium paulacoutoi, uma nova especie de tatu gigante da Bahia, Brasil (Ledentata, Dasypodidae). Revista Brasileira de Zoologia 2(4):229-254
Belongs to Pampatherium according to C. Cartelle and G. A. Bohorquez 1984
Sister taxa: Chlamytherium, Pampatherium humboldtii, Pampatherium mexicanum, Pampatherium pygmaeum, Pampatherium typus, Chlamydotherium paranense, Chlamydotherium subintermedium, Chlamydotherium minutum, Chlamydotherium intermedium, Chlamydotherium australe
Type specimen: MCL-501/ 01, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Gruta das Onças, Jacobina, which is in a Pleistocene/Holocene terrestrial horizon in Brazil.
Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore
Distribution: found only at Gruta das Onças, Jacobina
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