Aymaratherium jeani Pujos et al. 2016 (edentate)

Mammalia - Xenarthra - Nothrotheriidae

Full reference: F. Pujos, G. De Iuliis, B. Mamani Quispe, S. Adnet, R. Andrade Flores, G. Billet, M. Fernandez-Monescillo, L. Marivaux, P. Munch, M. B. Pramparo, and P. O. Antoine. 2016. A new nothrotheriid xenarthran from the early Pliocene of Pomata-Ayte (Bolivia): new insights into the caniniform–molariform transition in sloths. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 178:679-712

Belongs to Aymaratherium according to F. Pujos et al. 2016

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MNHN-Bol-V 008954, a mandible (nearly complete right dentary, missing only posterior extremities of angular and condyloid processes, anterior extremity of the ‘spout’, and distal lophid of m3). Its type locality is Pomata Ayte, which is in a Montehermosan/Chapadmalalan terrestrial /tuff in the Umala Formation of Bolivia.

Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore

Distribution: found only at Pomata Ayte

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