Full reference: C. Cartelle, G. De Iuliis, A. Boscaini and F. Pujos. 2019. Anatomy, possible sexual dimorphism, and phylogenetic affinities of a new mylodontine sloth from the late Pleistocene of intertropical Brazil. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 17(23):1957-1988
Belongs to Glossotherium according to Cartelle et al. 2019
Sister taxa: Glossotherium chapadmalense, Glossotherium domesticum, Glossotherium emmersoni, Glossotherium garbanii, Glossotherium giganteum, Glossotherium robustum, Glossotherium tropicorum, Glossotherium wegneri, Eumylodon bonaerensis, Eumylodon incertus, Pseudolestodon injunctus, Pseudolestodon tarijensis
Type specimen: MCL 4303, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Toca dos Ossos, which is in a Pleistocene terrestrial horizon in Brazil.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: found only at Toca dos Ossos
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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