Plesiomegatherium hansmeyeri Roth 1911 (edentate)

Mammalia - Megatherioidea - Megatheriidae

Full reference: S. Roth. 1911. Un nuevo género de la familia Megatheridae. Revista del Museo de la Plata 18(4):1-21

Belongs to Plesiomegatherium according to Roth 1911

See also Pujos 2006

Sister taxa: Plesiomegatherium halmyronomum, Plesiomegatherium triangulatum

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Playa Kiyu (Pliocene of Uruguay)

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