Full reference: B. J. Shockey and F. Anaya. 2011. Grazing in a new late Oligocene Mylodontid Sloth and a Mylodontid radiation as a component of the Eocene-Oligocene faunal turnover and the early spread of grasslands/savannas in South America. Journal of Mammalian Evolution 18:101-115
Belongs to Paroctodontotherium according to B. J. Shockey and F. Anaya 2011
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: UATF-V-000127, a partial skull (partial cranium containing much of the cranial vault, palate with right and left Mf1- 3s, an isolated tooth (Mf4?), and a small portion of the basicranium conta). Its type locality is Salla, which is in a Deseadan terrestrial horizon in the Salla Formation of Bolivia.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Deseadan of Bolivia (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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