Mammalia - Megatherioidea - Megatheriidae
Belongs to Megatherium according to G. de Iuliis 2006
See also Oliver Schneider 1926 and Pujos 2006
Sister taxa: Megatherium altiplanicum, Megatherium americanum, Megatherium antiquum, Megatherium bergi, Megatherium celendinense, Megatherium elenense, Megatherium gallardoi, Megatherium gaudryi, Megatherium istilarti, Megatherium lundi, Megatherium rectidens, Megatherium sundti, Megatherium tarijense, Megatherium uquiense, Megatherium urbinai, Neoracanthus brackebuschianus, Neoracanthus burmeisteri
Type specimen: SGO PV 252 (formerly 1-VI-67-8), a mandible (partial mandible and skull and other). Its type locality is Pampa del Tamarugal (near Pica), which is in a Pleistocene terrestrial horizon in Chile.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Chile (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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