Megatherium elenense Hoffstetter 1949 (edentate)

Mammalia - Megatherioidea - Megatheriidae

Alternative combinations: Eremotherium elenense, Schaubia elenensis

Belongs to Megatherium according to Hoffstetter 1952

See also Hoffstetter 1952

Sister taxa: Megatherium altiplanicum, Megatherium americanum, Megatherium antiquum, Megatherium bergi, Megatherium celendinense, Megatherium gallardoi, Megatherium gaudryi, Megatherium istilarti, Megatherium lundi, Megatherium medinae, Megatherium rectidens, Megatherium sundti, Megatherium tarijense, Megatherium uquiense, Megatherium urbinai, Neoracanthus brackebuschianus, Neoracanthus burmeisteri

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Ecuador (1 collection), Peru (2)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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