Mammalia - Megatherioidea - Megatheriidae
Alternative combination: Megatherium cuvieri
Synonyms: Essonodontherium gervaisi Gervais and Ameghino 1880, Megatherium gervaisi Gervais and Ameghino 1880
Belongs to Megatherium according to A. E. Zurita et al. 2004
See also Ameghino 1889, Deschamps 2005, Edmund and Hoffstetter 1970, Fernicola et al. 2009, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Lydekker 1894 and Pujos 2006
Sister taxa: Megatherium altiplanicum, Megatherium antiquum, Megatherium bergi, Megatherium celendinense, Megatherium elenense, Megatherium gallardoi, Megatherium gaudryi, Megatherium istilarti, Megatherium lundi, Megatherium medinae, Megatherium mirabile, Megatherium rectidens, Megatherium sundti, Megatherium tarijense, Megatherium uquiense, Megatherium urbinai, Neoracanthus brackebuschianus, Neoracanthus burmeisteri
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (21 collections), Bolivia (4), Brazil (4), Paraguay (1), Peru (2), United States (2: Georgia), Uruguay (2)
• Huayquerian of Argentina (1)
Total: 37 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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