Mammalia - Xenarthra - Mylodontidae
Full reference: A. D. Rincón and H. G. McDonald. 2020. Reexamination of the Relationship of Pseudoprepotherium Hoffstetter, 1961, to the Mylodont Ground Sloths (Xenarthra) from the Miocene of Northern South America. Revista Geológica de América Central 63:1-20
Belongs to Magdalenabradys according to A. D. Rincón and H. G. McDonald 2020
Sister taxon: Magdalenabradys confusum
Type specimen: MCNC-85-72V, a set of limb elements (Femora). Its type locality is Urumaco, Biozona 3 Loc 26-FU, which is in a Miocene floodplain shale/sandstone in the Urumaco Formation of Venezuela.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: found only at Urumaco, Biozona 3 Loc 26-FU
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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