Pseudolestodon tarijensis Ameghino 1902 (edentate)

Mammalia - Mylodontidae

Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1902. Notas sobre algunos mamíferos fósiles nuevos ó poco conocidos del Valle de Tarija. Anales del Museo Nacional de Buenos Aires 3(1):225-261

Belongs to Pseudolestodon according to F. Ameghino 1902

Sister taxa: Glossotherium chapadmalense, Glossotherium domesticum, Glossotherium emmersoni, Glossotherium garbanii, Glossotherium giganteum, Glossotherium phoenesis, Glossotherium robustum, Glossotherium tropicorum, Glossotherium wegneri, Pseudolestodon injunctus, Eumylodon incertus, Eumylodon bonaerensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Tarija, which is in a Pleistocene fluvial horizon in the Tarija Formation of Bolivia

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Tarija

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