†Morotherium Marsh 1874 (edentate)
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Full reference: O. C. Marsh. 1874. Notice of new Tertiary mammals. III. American Journal of Science, series 3 7(41):531-534
Parent taxon: Mylodontinae according to O. P. Hay 1930
See also Hay 1902 and Hirschfeld and Webb 1968
Sister taxa: Archaeomylodon, Bolivartherium, Glossotherium, Lestobradys, Lestodon, Megabradys, Mylodonopsis, Mylodontini, Oreomylodon, Paramylodon, Pleurolestodon, Prolestodon, Promylodon, Ranculcus, Simomylodon, Stenodon, Strabosodon, Thinobadistes
Subtaxa: Morotherium leptonyx
Type: Morotherium gigas
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Morotherium in the database
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