Lestobradys
Lestobradys | |
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Phylum: | Chordata
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Class: | Mammalia
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Genus: | Lestobradys Rinderknecht et al. 2010
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Type species | |
Lestobradys sprechmanni |
Lestobradys is an extinct genus of ground sloth (family Mylodontidae), which existed in Uruguay during the Late Miocene period; Huayquerian in the South American land mammal age (SALMA). The type species is L. sprechmanni, found in the of Uruguay.[1][2]
References[]
- ^ Andrés Rinderknecht; Enrique Bostelmann T.; Daniel Perea; Gustavo Lecuona (2010). "A new genus and species of Mylodontidae (Mammalia: Xenarthra) from the late Miocene of southern Uruguay, with comments on the systematics of the Mylodontinae". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 30 (3): 899–910. doi:10.1080/02724631003757997. S2CID 86604163.
- ^ Lestobradys at Fossilworks.org
Categories:
- Prehistoric sloths
- Miocene mammals of South America
- Montehermosan
- Huayquerian
- Chasicoan
- Mayoan
- Neogene Uruguay
- Fossils of Uruguay
- Fossil taxa described in 2010
- Prehistoric mammal stubs