Brievabradys
Brievabradys is an extinct genus of ground sloth belonging to the family Mylodontidae that lived in Colombia during the Middle Miocene. This genus was discovered in the Honda Group of Colombia, in the strata of the Tatacoa Desert in the Huila Department with an approximate age of 13 to 11 million years ago, dating to the Middle Miocene. Brievabradys was described based on a fossilized skull and additional cranial remains found in that area.
| Brievabradys | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Pilosa |
| Family: | †Mylodontidae |
| Subfamily: | †Mylodontinae |
| Genus: | †Brievabradys Villarroel, 2000 |
| Species: | †B. laventense |
| Binomial name | |
| †Brievabradys laventense Villarroel, 2000 | |
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