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Lestodon urumaquensis

Mammalia - Mylodontidae

Discussion

Holotype: MCN 170-72v, fragment of right maxilla with

alveoli of the caniniform to the fourth molariform; posterior

part of the cranium with the occipital, right occipital condyle,

part of the parietals; part of the mandible with both rami

joined at the symphysis, without ascending ramus, with the

alveoli of the caniniform to molariform 3; left ulna. Holotype: MCNC / 170-72V. Partial skull, jaw, fragment of the sacro, ribs and ulna.

Etymology: urumaquensis, from Urumaco region

Taxonomy

Lestodon urumaquensis was named by Linares (2004). Its type specimen is MCNC / 170-72V, a partial skull (Femur), and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Bolivartherium.

It was recombined as Bolivartherium urumaquensis by Carlini et al. (2006).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

L. castellanosi

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
2004	Lestodon urumaquensis Linares
2006	Bolivartherium urumaquensis Carlini et al.

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida
—	Therapsida	()

Rank	Name	Author
infraorder	Cynodontia	()
—	Mammaliamorpha
—	Mammaliaformes
class	Mammalia
—	Cladotheria
—	Zatheria
subclass	Tribosphenida	()
subclass	Theria
—	Eutheria	()
—	Placentalia
—	Americatheria
—	Xenarthra	()
infraorder	Pilosa	Flower 1883
—	Folivora
class	Eufolivora	Delsuc et al. 2001
family	Mylodontidae	Ameghino 1889
subfamily	Mylodontinae	Gill 1872
genus	Lestodon	Gervais 1855
species	urumaquensis

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Lestodon urumaquensis Linares 2004

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

phosphaticsubp

Environment:

terrestrialsubc

Locomotion:

actively mobilec

Life habit:

ground dwellingf

Diet:

herbivoref

Reproduction:

viviparoussubc

Created:

2005-08-22 16:27:29

Modified:

2005-08-22 18:30:22

Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum

References: Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Late/Upper Miocene or 11.60800 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections: one only

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene	11.608 - 5.333	Venezuela (Falcon)	Lestodon sp. (146452)