Mammalia - Notoungulata - Interatheriidae

Synonyms: Argyrohyrax proavunculus Ameghino 1897, Clorinda cliva Ameghino 1894, Notohyrax conicus Ameghino 1901, Plagiarthrus cliva Ameghino 1894, Plagiarthrus clivus Ameghino 1894, Plagiarthrus proavunculus Ameghino 1897

Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1897. Mammiféres crétacés de l’Argentine (Deuxième contribution à la connaissance de la fauna mammalogique de couches à Pyrotherium) [Cretaceous mammals of Argentina (second contribution to the knowledge of the mammalian fauna of the Pyrotherium Beds)]. Boletin Instituto Geografico Argentino 18(4–9):406-521

Belongs to Argyrohyrax according to F. Ameghino 1897

See also Ameghino 1894, Ameghino 1901 and Vera et al. 2017

Sister taxa: Argyrohyrax acuticostatus, Argyrohyrax concentricus, Argyrohyrax nesodontoides

Type specimens:

• Argyrohyrax proavus: MACN A52-472, a partial skull (Palate). Its type locality is Cabeza Blanca, which is in a Deseadan terrestrial shale/claystone in the Sarmiento Formation of Argentina.
• Argyrohyrax proavunculus: MACN A52.
• Notohyrax conicus:
• Plagiarthrus cliva: MACN A52-470, a limb element (astragalus). Its type locality is La Flecha, which is in a Deseadan terrestrial mudstone in the Deseado Formation of Argentina.

Ecology: scansorial herbivore

Distribution:

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