Mammalia - Meridiolestida - Mesungulatidae
Synonym: Quirogatherium Bonaparte 1990
Full reference: J. F. Bonaparte and M. F. Soria. 1985. Nota sobre el primer mamifero del Cretacico Argentino, Campaniano-Maasrichtiano (Condylartha) [Note on the first mammal from the Argentine Cretaceous, Campanian-Maastrichtian (Condylarthra)]. Ameghiniana 21(2-4):177-183
Parent taxon: Mesungulatidae according to A. G. Martinelli et al. 2021
See also Bonaparte 1986, Bonaparte 1990, Gelfo and Pascual 2001, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004, Rougier et al. 2011 and Rougier et al. 2009
Sister taxa: Coloniatherium, Orretherium, Peligrotherium
Subtaxa: Mesungulatum houssayi Mesungulatum lamarquensis Quirogatherium major
Type: Mesungulatum houssayi
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Argentina (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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