(paleoart credit to mrMorgn) no AI used im sure you can tell
M. larensis was a large notoungulate native to south america and migrated north during the great biotic interchange the furthest north it has been found was near cypress creek in Harris county TX an isolated third upper left molar dated between 74-16 thousand years ago.
The holotype is named AMNH 48854, a partial mandible discovered in venezuela, in 1957 paleontologist Robert van frank officially described the species.
On life M. larensis was 3.3 meters or 10.8 feet in length and was 1.7-1.8 meters (5.9 feet) tall at the shoulder and weight estimates place it from 1.5-3.8 tonnes and its appearance is commonly compared to hornless rhino or a hippopotamus, they were a very widespread species from south, central, and southern north america. They were mixed feeders (mix of browsing and grazing) it primarily fed on leaves, twigs, and shrubs and their habitat was often near or in savannas, open woodlands with open water sources.
It first appeared roughly 1.8 million years ago and went extinct roughly 12 thousand years ago its extinction is primarily due to human pressure, climate change and habitat loss