Mammalia - Panameriungulata - Proterotheriidae
Holotype: IGM 250965, skull lacking the anterior rostrum, with roots of right P1 and with right P2-M3, left P3-M3, and miscellaneous fragmentary postcranial elements
Etymology: Named for Totoy, chief of the indigenous tribe that, in the sixteenth century, inhabitated the banks of the river bearing the same name (now the Rio Villavieja)
Full reference: R. L. Cifelli and J. Guerrero Diaz. 1997. Litopterns. Vertebrate Paleontology in the Neotropics. The Miocene fauna of La Venta, Colombia 289-302
Belongs to Villarroelia according to R. L. Cifelli and J. Guerrero Diaz 1997
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: IGM 250965, a partial skull (Upper P2)
Ecology: scansorial herbivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Colombia (7 collections)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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