Mammalia - Megatherioidea - Megatheriidae
Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1904. Nuevas especies de mamíferos, cretáceos y terciarios de la República Argentina [New species of mammals, Cretaceous and Tertiarty, from the Argentine Republic]. Anales de la Sociedad Cientifica Argentina 56–58:1-142
Parent taxon: Megatheriinae according to L. Varela et al. 2019
See also Ameghino 1904, Carroll 1988, De Iuliis et al. 2008, Pujos 2006 and Rovereto 1914
Sister taxa: Anisodontherium, Diabolotherium, Eremotherium, Megatheridium, Megatheriops, Megatherium, Plesiomegatherium, Pliomegatherium, Proeremotherium, Pyramiodontherium, Sibotherium, Urumaquia
Subtaxa: Megathericulus patagonicus
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Argentina (4 collections), Bolivia (2), Chile (1), Peru (1)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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