Eionaletherium Rincón et al. 2015 (edentate)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha

Full reference: A. D. Rincón, H. G. McDonald, A. Solórzano, M. Núñez Flores, and D. Ruiz-Ramoni. 2015. A new enigmatic Late Miocene mylodontoid sloth from northern South America. Royal Society Open Science 2(2):140256:1-13

Parent taxon: Mylodontoidea according to A. D. Rincón et al. 2015

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Eionaletherium tanycnemius

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Type: Eionaletherium tanycnemius

Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore

Distribution: found only at Charlie locality, Buchivacoa (Miocene of Venezuela)

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