Mammalia - Notoungulata - Hegetotheriidae
Synonyms: Propachyrucos ameghinorum Simpson 1945, Propachyrucos simpsoni Chaffee 1952, Prosotherium quartum Ameghino 1901, Prosotherium robustum Ameghino 1897, Prosotherium triangulidens 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 Prosotherium according to F. D. Seoane et al. 2019
See also Ameghino 1897, Ameghino 1901 and Simpson 1945
Sister taxa: none
Type specimens:
- Prosotherium garzoni: MACN A 52-455, a partial skull
- Propachyrucos ameghinorum: AMNH 29574, a skeleton (Nearly complete skeleton). Its type locality is Las Cascadas, Deseado, which is in a Deseadan terrestrial horizon in the Sarmiento Formation of Argentina.
- Propachyrucos simpsoni: AMNH 29604, a mandible.
- Prosotherium quartum:
- Prosotherium robustum:
- Prosotherium triangulidens:
Ecology: scansorial herbivore
Distribution:
• Deseadan of Argentina (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections including 6 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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