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Bolivartherium fossil map

Where fossils of Bolivartherium have been found, shown on the Earth as it looked about 5 million years ago and on today’s map.

Dots are fossil collections recorded in the Paleobiology Database. The “then” view moves today’s fossil sites back to their positions 5 million years ago (the time slice nearest the median age of the fossils) using the Merdith et al. (2021) plate model; positions are approximate. Open on the timeline map →

GroupEarly mammals
Lived11.63–3.6 million years ago (Tortonian to Zanclean)
PeriodsNeogene
FamilyMylodontidae
Named byCarlini et al. 2006
Fossil records6 occurrences at 1 locations (PBDB)
Found inVenezuela
Rock formationsCodore, Urumaco

About Bolivartherium

Bolivartherium is an extinct genus of mylodontine mylodontid sloth that lived during the Late Miocene and Late Pliocene in what is now Venezuela. Fossils have been found in the Codore and Urumaco Formations of Venezuela.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Bolivartherium (revision 1380882937), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0; introduction excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Ages, family, authority and fossil records: Paleobiology Database, accessed 23 October 2026. Ages are those of the rock layers the fossils were found in. Wikidata: Q113903865.

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