Mammalia - Megatherioidea - Megatheriidae
Belongs to Megatherium according to G. de Iuliis 2006
See also Pujos 2006
Sister taxa: Megatherium altiplanicum, Megatherium americanum, Megatherium antiquum, Megatherium bergi, Megatherium celendinense, Megatherium elenense, Megatherium gallardoi, Megatherium gaudryi, Megatherium istilarti, Megatherium lundi, Megatherium medinae, Megatherium mirabile, Megatherium rectidens, Megatherium tarijense, Megatherium uquiense, Megatherium urbinai, Neoracanthus brackebuschianus, Neoracanthus burmeisteri
Type specimen: SGO PV 277 (formerly 5-VI-67/2), a mandible. Its type locality is Río Desaguadero, Ulloma, Oruro, which is in a Pleistocene lacustrine - large sandstone in the Ulloma Formation of Bolivia.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: found only at Río Desaguadero, Ulloma, Oruro
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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