Mammalia - Megatherioidea - Megatheriidae
Full reference: A. A. Carlini, D. Brandoni, and R. Sánchez. 2006. First Megatheriines (Xenarthra, Phyllophaga, Megatheriidae) from the Urumaco (late Miocene) and Codore (Pliocene) Formations, Estado Falcón, Venezuela. Journal of Systematic Paleontology 4(3):269-278
Parent taxon: Megatheriinae according to L. Varela et al. 2019
See also Carlini et al. 2006
Sister taxa: Anisodontherium, Diabolotherium, Eremotherium, Megathericulus, Megatheridium, Megatheriops, Megatherium, Plesiomegatherium, Pliomegatherium, Pyramiodontherium, Sibotherium, Urumaquia
Subtaxa: Proeremotherium eljebe
Type: Proeremotherium eljebe
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Venezuela (1 collection)
• Pliocene of Venezuela (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Venezuela (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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