Pyramiodontherium Rovereto 1914 (edentate)

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

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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

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