Jamilcotatus Aranda-Manteca and Barnes 1998 (desmostylian)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla

Full reference: F. -J. Aranda-Manteca and L. G. Barnes. 1998. Jamilcotatus kumiaica, a new genus and species of middle Miocene desmostylian. Congreso Nacional de Paleontologia VI:4-5

Parent taxon: Desmostylia according to V. Friedman 1998

See also Aranda-Manteca and Barnes 1998

Sister taxa: Behemotops, Cornwalliidae, Desmostyloidea, Kronokotherium, Seuku

Subtaxa: Jamilcotatus boreios Jamilcotatus kumiaica

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Type: Jamilcotatus boreios

Ecology: amphibious herbivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Mexico (1 collection), United States (1: California)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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