†tribe Brachytherini Ameghino 1891 (placental)

Mammalia - Panameriungulata - Proterotheriidae

Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1891. Nuevos restos de mamíferos fósiles descubiertos por Carlos Ameghino en el Eoceno inferior de la Patagonia austral. – Especies nuevas, adiciones y correcciones [New remains of fossil mammals discovered by Carlos Ameghino in the lower Eocene of southern Patagonia. – New species, additions, and corrections]. Revista Argentina de Historia Natural 1:289-328

Parent taxon: Proterotheridae according to F. Ameghino 1891

Sister taxa: Anisolambda, Anisolambda nodulosa, Anisolambdinae, Anisolophus, Caliphrium, Deuterotherium, Diplasiotherium, Eoauchenia, Eoproterotherium, Eoprotherotherium, Epecuenia, Guilielmofloweria, Heteroglyphis, Lambdaconus, Licaphrops, Lophogododon, Megadolodinae, Mesolicaphrium, Neodolodus, Neolicaphrium, Olisanophus, Paramacrauchenia, Phoradiadius, Picturotherium, Polyacrodon, Prolicaphrium, Promylophis, Proterotheriinae, Proterotherini, Prothoatherium, Ricardolydekkeria, Tetramerorhinus, Thoatherium, Villarroelia, Xesmodon

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: scansorial herbivore

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Argentina (1 collection)

• Montehermosan of Argentina (2)

• Miocene of Argentina (29), Brazil (1), Chile (1)

• Deseadan of Uruguay (1)

Total: 35 collections including 47 occurrences

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