†Deseadognathus riggsi Carlini and Scillato-Yané 2004 (edentate)
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Mammalia - Megatherioidea - Megalonychidae
Full reference: A. A. Carlini and G. J. Scillato-Yané. 2004. The oldest Megalonychidae (Xenarthra: Tardigrada); phylogenetic relationships and an emended diagnosis of the family. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Abhandlungen 233:423-443
Belongs to Deseadognathus according to A. A. Carlini and G. J. Scillato-Yané 2004
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: FMNH P13558, a mandible. Its type locality is La Flecha, type locality of the Deseadan SALMA, which is in a Deseadan terrestrial mudstone in the Deseado Formation of Argentina.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: found only at La Flecha, type locality of the Deseadan SALMA
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