Pseudoprepotherium

Pseudoprepotherium Temporal range: Early Miocene-Late Miocene (Colhuehuapian-Huayquerian) ~21.0–5.3 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Holotype femur of P. venezuelam
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Pilosa
Family:	†Mylodontidae
Genus:	†Pseudoprepotherium Hofstetter, 1961
Type species
†Pseudoprepotherium venezuelanum Hofstetter, 1961
Other species
†P. socorrensis Carlini et al., 2006 †P. urumaquensis Carlini et al., 2006

Pseudoprepotherium is an extinct genus of sloths of the family Mylodontidae. It was widespread across northern South America during the Early to Late Miocene epoch around 21 to 5.3 million years ago. Fossils of the animal have been found in Brazil, Venezuela, and Peru. Pseudoprepotherium lived in a tropical climate with a water-rich environment. Their known remains are limited to limb bones, except for a few skulls and teeth. Based on these remains, they were most likely medium to large-sized mylodontid. The genus was described in 1961 and currently contains three species, which were originally assigned to the genus Prepotherium.^[1]