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Eionaletherium fossil map

Where fossils of Eionaletherium 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 →

Eionaletherium
Image: Ascanio D. Rincón, H. Gregory McDonald, Andrés Solórzano, Mónica Núñez Flores und Damián Ruiz-Ramoni, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
GroupEarly mammals
Lived11.63–5.333 million years ago (Tortonian to Messinian)
PeriodsNeogene
Named byRincón et al. 2015
Fossil records2 occurrences at 1 locations (PBDB)
Found inVenezuela
Rock formationsUrumaco

About Eionaletherium

Eionaletherium is an extinct genus of ground sloth from the Late Miocene coasts of Venezuela containing one species: E. tanycnemius.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Eionaletherium (revision 1354880248), 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: Q23900615.

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