†Carolozittelia tapiroides Ameghino 1901 (placental)
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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 Carolozittelia according to G. G. Simpson 1967
See also Ameghino 1901 and Kraglievich 1957
Sister taxon: Carolozittelia eluta
Type specimen: Its type locality is Río Chico Oeste, which is in a Lutetian/Bartonian terrestrial horizon in Argentina
Ecology: scansorial herbivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Argentina (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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