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LESTOBRADYS
(les-to-bra-diss)
Named By: A. Rinderknecht, E. Bostelmann, D. Perea and G. Lecuona in 2010
Time Period: Late Miocene (Mayoan-Montehermosan)~11.6-5.4 Ma
Location: Uruguay - Camacho Formation
Size: Unavailable
Diet: Herbivore
Fossil(s): Partial remains
Classification: | Chordata | Mammalia | Theria | Eutheria | Xenarthra | Mylodontidae |
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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 Camacho Formation of Uruguay.

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