Eremotherium rusconii Schaub 1935 (edentate)

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)

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