Mammalia - Megatherioidea - Megatheriidae
Synonyms: Schaubia Hoffstetter 1949, Schaubitherium Hoffstetter 1950, Xenocnus Paula Couto 1980
Parent taxon: Megatheriinae according to L. Varela et al. 2019
See also Alroy 2002, Amson et al. 2017, Carroll 1988, Cartelle et al. 2008, Cisneros 2005, De Iuliis and Cartelle 1999, Gaudin 1995, Hoffstetter 1952, Hoffstetter 1954, Kurten and Anderson 1980, McDonald and Naples 2007, Paula Couto 1956, Pujos 2006 and Salles et al. 2006
Sister taxa: Anisodontherium, Diabolotherium, Megathericulus, Megatheridium, Megatheriops, Megatherium, Plesiomegatherium, Pliomegatherium, Proeremotherium, Pyramiodontherium, Sibotherium, Urumaquia
Subtaxa: Eremotherium eomigrans Eremotherium laurillardi Eremotherium rusconii Eremotherium sefvei
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Bolivia (1 collection), Brazil (42), Costa Rica (1), Ecuador (6), El Salvador (3), Guatemala (7), Honduras (3), Mexico (31), Nicaragua (2), Panama (4), Peru (8), United States (24: Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Texas), Venezuela (3)
• Blancan of El Salvador (1), United States (4: Florida)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Costa Rica (1), Venezuela (2)
• Huayquerian of Brazil (1)
Total: 144 collections including 147 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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