Nematherium Ameghino 1887 (edentate)

Mammalia - Mylodontidae

Parent taxon: Mylodontidae according to L. Varela et al. 2019

See also Ameghino 1891, Ameghino 1894, Boscaini et al. 2019, Carroll 1988 and Kramarz et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Chubutherium, Lestodontinae, Lestodontini, Magdalenabradys, Mirandabradys zabasi, Mylodontinae, Nematheriinae, Orophodon, Orophodontinae, Paraglossotherium, Pseudoprepotherium, Scelidotheridium, Scelidotheriinae, Urumacotheriinae

Subtaxa: Nematherium angulatum Nematherium auca Nematherium birdi Nematherium declivum Nematherium longirostris Nematherium profundatum

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Argentina (12 collections), Chile (2), Colombia (1)

Total: 15 collections each including a single occurrence

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