Eremotherium sefvei De Iuliis and Saint-Andre 1997 (edentate)

Mammalia - Megatherioidea - Megatheriidae

Full reference: G. De Iuliis and P. A. Saint-Andre. 1997. Eremotherium sefvei nov. sp. (Mammalia, Xenarthra, Megatheriidae) from the Pleistocene of Ulloma, Bolivia. Geobios 30(3):453-461

Belongs to Eremotherium according to G. De Iuliis and P. A. Saint-Andre 1997

See also Pujos 2006

Sister taxa: Eremotherium eomigrans, Eremotherium laurillardi, Eremotherium rusconii

Type specimen: PIU M4535, a limb element (Femur)

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Rio Desaguadero-1 (Quaternary of Bolivia)

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