†Mylodon sulcidens Cope 1895 (edentate)
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Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1895. On Some Plistocene Mammalia from Petite Anse, La. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 34(149):458-468
Belongs to Mylodon according to O. P. Hay 1930
See also Hay 1902, Kurten and Anderson 1980, McDonald 1995 and Stock 1914
Sister taxa: Mylodon ambiguus, Mylodon darwini, Mylodon freudenbergi, Mylodon martinii, Mylodon paranensis, Mylodon renidens
Type specimen: Its type locality is Petite Anse, which is in a Pleistocene terrestrial horizon in Louisiana
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: found only at Petite Anse
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