 Pleistocene fossils have been found throughout its current range and beyond it.In Uruguay and Rio Grande do Sul, the Lujanian (Late Pleistocene to Early Holocene) Sopas Formation has yielded remains of "L. molitor", in addition to such other mammals as the extinct saber-toothed cat "Smilodon populator" and species of "Glyptodon", "Macrauchenia", and "Toxodon".The type locality, Lagoa Santa, lies far northeast of the nearest record of live "L. molitor"; there, it is known only from three skull fragments from a cave known as Laga da Escrivania Nr.