Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Pyrotheriidae
Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1901. Notices préliminaires sur des ongulés nouveaux des terrains crétacés de Patagonie [Preliminary notes on new ungulates from the Cretaceous terrains of Patagonia]. Boletin de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias de Córdoba 16:349-429
Belongs to Propyrotherium according to A. G. Kramarz and M. Bond 2014
See also Ameghino 1901 and Simpson 1967
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MACN A 10929, a set of teeth. Its type locality is Mustersan of Patagonia, which is in a Mustersan terrestrial horizon in Argentina.
Ecology: scansorial herbivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Argentina (7 collections)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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