Glossotherium chapadmalense Kraglievich 1925 (edentate)

Mammalia - Mylodontidae

Alternative combinations: Eumylodon chapadmalensis, Glossotherium chapadmalensis

Belongs to Glossotherium according to R. K. McAfee 2009

See also Kurten and Anderson 1980, MacFadden et al. 1993, McDonald 1995 and McDonald and Naples 2007

Sister taxa: Glossotherium domesticum, Glossotherium emmersoni, Glossotherium garbanii, Glossotherium giganteum, Glossotherium phoenesis, Glossotherium robustum, Glossotherium tropicorum, Glossotherium wegneri, Eumylodon bonaerensis, Eumylodon incertus, Pseudolestodon tarijensis, Pseudolestodon injunctus

Type specimen: MACN 8675, a skull (slightly damaged skull and mandible). Its type locality is Baliza Chica, which is in a Chapadmalalan terrestrial horizon in the Chapadmalal Formation of Argentina.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of United States (1: Florida collection)

• Blancan of United States (8: Arizona, Florida, New Mexico, Texas)

• Pliocene of Argentina (3)

Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence

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