Megatherium medinae Philippi 1893 (edentate)

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

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