Pseudoprepotherium Hoffstetter 1961 (edentate)

Mammalia - Mylodontidae

Synonym: Mirandabradys Carlini et al. 2006

Parent taxon: Mylodontidae according to A. D. Rincón and H. G. McDonald 2020

See also Boscaini et al. 2019, Carlini et al. 2006, Carroll 1988, Gaudin 1995, McDonald 1997 and Varela et al. 2019

Sister taxa: Chubutherium, Lestodontinae, Lestodontini, Magdalenabradys, Mirandabradys zabasi, Mylodontinae, Nematheriinae, Nematherium, Orophodon, Orophodontinae, Paraglossotherium, Scelidotheridium, Scelidotheriinae, Urumacotheriinae

Subtaxa: Pseudoprepotherium socorrensis Pseudoprepotherium urumaquensis Pseudoprepotherium venezuelanum

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Type: Pseudoprepotherium venezuelanum

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Brazil (2 collections), Peru (2), Venezuela (4)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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