Simomylodon Saint-André et al. 2010 (edentate)

Mammalia - Mylodontidae

Full reference: P. A. Saint-André, F. Pujos, C. Cartelle, G. De Iuliis, T. J. Gaudin, H. G. McDonald, and B. Mamani Quispe. 2010. Nouveaux paresseux terrestres (Mammalia, Xenarthra, Mylodontidae) du Néogène de l’Altiplano bolivien. Geodiversitas 32(2):255-306

Parent taxon: Mylodontinae according to L. Varela et al. 2019

See also Boscaini et al. 2019 and Saint-André et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Archaeomylodon, Bolivartherium, Glossotherium, Lestobradys, Lestodon, Megabradys, Morotherium, Mylodonopsis, Mylodontini, Oreomylodon, Paramylodon, Pleurolestodon, Prolestodon, Promylodon, Ranculcus, Stenodon, Strabosodon, Thinobadistes

Subtaxa: Simomylodon uccasamamensis

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Bolivia (4 collections), Peru (1)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Argentina (1)

• Miocene of Bolivia (2)

Total: 8 collections including 9 occurrences

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