Diabolotherium nordenskioldi Pujos et al. 2007 (edentate)

Mammalia - Megatherioidea - Megatheriidae

Full reference: F. Pujos, G. de Iuliis, C. Argot and L. Werdelin. 2007. A peculiar climbing Megalonychidae from the Pleistocene of Peru and its implication for sloth history. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 149:179-235

Belongs to Diabolotherium according to F. Pujos et al. 2007

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: NRM-PZ M4286, a limb element (Left humerus)

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Chile (1 collection), Peru (4)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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