†Proeremotherium eljebe Carlini et al. 2006 (edentate)
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Mammalia - Megatherioidea - Megatheriidae
Full reference: A. A. Carlini, D. Brandoni, and R. Sánchez. 2006. First Megatheriines (Xenarthra, Phyllophaga, Megatheriidae) from the Urumaco (late Miocene) and Codore (Pliocene) Formations, Estado Falcón, Venezuela. Journal of Systematic Paleontology 4(3):269-278
Belongs to Proeremotherium according to A. A. Carlini et al. 2006
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: AMU-CURS 126, a skull. Its type locality is 1.5 km Northwest of Cerro Chiguaje, which is in a Messinian/Zanclean fluvial-deltaic sandstone in the Codore Formation of Venezuela.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: found only at 1.5 km Northwest of Cerro Chiguaje
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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