Baraguatherium

Baraguatherium Temporal range: 20.43–15.97 Ma[1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ Early Miocene (Colhuehuapian-Santacrucian)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Pilosa
Family:	†Mylodontidae
Genus:	†Baraguatherium Rincón et al. 2016
Species:	†B. takumara
Binomial name
†Baraguatherium takumara Rincón et al. 2016

Baraguatherium is an extinct genus of ground sloths of the family Mylodontidae that lived during the Early Miocene of what is now Venezuela. It dates to the Early Miocene, around 20.44 to 15.97 million years ago and represents the oldest representative of its family in the northern part of South America to date. The structure of the teeth suggests that the genus represents a rather basal form within the Mylodontidae. Unlike other mylodonts, which tended to prefer open grasslands, Baraguatherium lived in a riverine, coastal tropical rainforest.