Mammalia - Megatherioidea - Megatheriidae
Full reference: C. Rovereto. 1914. Los Estratos Araucanos y sus fósiles. Anales del Museo de Historia Natural de Buenos Aire 25:1-247
Parent taxon: Megatheriinae according to L. Varela et al. 2019
See also Brandoni et al. 2018, Carroll 1988, Pujos 2006 and Rovereto 1914
Sister taxa: Anisodontherium, Diabolotherium, Eremotherium, Megathericulus, Megatheridium, Megatheriops, Megatherium, Plesiomegatherium, Pliomegatherium, Proeremotherium, Sibotherium, Urumaquia
Subtaxa: Pyramiodontherium bergi Pyramiodontherium brevirostrum Pyramiodontherium carlesi Pyramiodontherium remulsum Pyramiodontherium scillatoyanei
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Argentina (3 collections)
• Montehermosan of Argentina (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Argentina (2)
• Miocene of Argentina (5)
Total: 11 collections including 13 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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