Baraguatherium takumara Rincón et al. 2016 (edentate)

Mammalia - Mylodontidae

Full reference: A. D. Rincón, A. Solórzano, H. G. McDonald and M. Núñez Flores. 2016. Baraguatherium takumara, Gen. et sp. nov., the earliest Mylodontoid Sloth (Early Miocene) from Northern South America. Journal of Mammalian Evolution 24(2):179-191

Belongs to Baraguatherium according to A. D. Rincón et al. 2016

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Cerro La Cruz, which is in a Burdigalian lagoonal mudstone in the Castillo Formation of Venezuela

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Cerro La Cruz

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