Simomylodon uccasamamensis Saint-André et al. 2010 (edentate)

Mammalia - Mylodontidae

Synonym: Pleurolestodon dalenzae Saint-André et al. 2010

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

Belongs to Simomylodon according to P. A. Saint-André et al. 2010

See also Boscaini et al. 2019

Sister taxa: none

Type specimens:

  • Simomylodon uccasamamensis: GB 078, a partial skull (Avant du crâne). Its type locality is Pomata Ayte, which is in a Montehermosan/Chapadmalalan terrestrial /tuff in the Umala Formation of Bolivia.
  • Pleurolestodon dalenzae: MNHN-BOL V 3348, a skull. Its type locality is Pomata Ayte, which is in a Montehermosan/Chapadmalalan terrestrial /tuff in the Umala Formation of Bolivia.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Bolivia (1 collection), Peru (1)

• Montehermosan of Bolivia (3)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Argentina (1)

• Miocene of Bolivia (2)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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