Pleurolestodon avitus Rovereto 1914 (edentate)

Mammalia - Xenarthra - Mylodontidae

Full reference: C. Rovereto. 1914. Los Estratos Araucanos y sus fósiles. Anales del Museo de Historia Natural de Buenos Aire 25:1-247

Belongs to Pleurolestodon according to C. Rovereto 1914

Sister taxa: Pleurolestodon acutidens, Pleurolestodon macrodon

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Palo Pintados Fm in southern Calchaqui Valley (Miocene of Argentina)

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