Baraguatherium Rincón et al. 2016 (edentate)

Mammalia - Mylodontidae

Full reference: A. D. Rincón, A. Solórzano, H. G. McDonald and M. Núñez Flores. 2016. Baraguatherium takumara, Gen. et sp. nov., the earliest Mylodontoid Sloth (Early Miocene) from Northern South America. Journal of Mammalian Evolution 24(2):179-191

Parent taxon: Orophodontinae according to L. Varela et al. 2019

See also Boscaini et al. 2019 and Rincón et al. 2016

Sister taxa: Brievabradys, Octodontobradys, Octodontotherium, Octomylodon, Paroctodontotherium, Urumacotherium

Subtaxa: Baraguatherium takumara

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Type: Baraguatherium takumara

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Cerro La Cruz (Miocene of Venezuela)

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