Name:
Lestobradys.
Phonetic: Les-to-bra-diss.
Named By: A. Rinderknecht, E. Bostelmann,
D. Perea and G. Lecuona - 2010.
Classification: Chordata, Mammalia, Theria,
Eutheria, Xenarthra, Mylodontidae.
Species: L. sprechmanni
(type).
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: Uruguay - Camacho Formation.
Time period: Late Miocene.
Fossil representation: Partial remains.
Lestobradys
is a genus of ground sloth that lived in South America during the
Miocene.
Further reading
- A new genus and species of Mylodontidae (Mammalia: Xenarthra)
from the late Miocene of Southern Uruguay, with comments on the
systematics of Mylodontinae. - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology
30(3):899-910. - A. Rinderknecht, E. Bostelmann, D.
Perea and G. Lecuona - 2010.