Llullataruca shockeyi McGrath et al. 2018 (placental)

Mammalia - Panameriungulata - Macraucheniidae

Full reference: A. J. McGrath, F. Anaya, and D. A. Croft. 2018. Two new macraucheniids (Mammalia: Litopterna) from the late middle Miocene (Laventan South American Land Mammal Age) of Quebrada Honda, Bolivia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 38(3):e1461632

Belongs to Llullataruca according to A. J. McGrath et al. 2018

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: UATF-V-002818, a mandible. Its type locality is Rio Rosario, which is in a Laventan fluvial claystone in Bolivia.

Ecology: scansorial herbivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Bolivia (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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