Huilatherium pluripicatum Villarroel and Guerrero Diaz 1985 (notoungulate)

Mammalia - Notoungulata - Leontiniidae

Synonym: Laventatherium hylei Colwel 1965 [replaced name]

Full reference: C. Villarroel and J. Guerrero Diaz. 1985. Un nuevo y singular representante de la familia Leontiniidae? (Notoungulata, Mammalia) en el Mioceno de La Venta, Colombia. Geologia Norandina 9:35-40

Belongs to Huilatherium according to C. Villarroel and J. Colwell Danis 1997

See also Villarroel and Guerrero Diaz 1985

Sister taxa: none

Type specimens:

  • Huilatherium pluripicatum: ICN-P-328, a set of teeth
  • Laventatherium hylei:

Ecology: scansorial herbivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Colombia (25 collections)

Total: 25 collections each including a single occurrence

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