†Eremotherium rusconii Schaub 1935 (edentate)
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Mammalia - Megatherioidea - Megatheriidae
Alternative combinations: Megatherium rusconii, Schaubia rusconii, Schaubitherium rusconii
Belongs to Eremotherium according to F. Pujos 2006
See also Cartelle and De Iuliis 1995, Gazin 1957, Hulbert and Pratt 1998 and Kurten and Anderson 1980
Sister taxa: Eremotherium eomigrans, Eremotherium laurillardi, Eremotherium sefvei
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: found only at Cucuruchu (Quaternary of Venezuela)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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