Mammalia - Astrapotheria - Trigonostylopidae
Synonyms: Trigonostylops columnifer Ameghino 1904, Trigonostylops coryphodontoides Ameghino 1904, Trigonostylops eximius Ameghino 1901, Trigonostylops germinalis Ameghino 1904, Trigonostylops hemicyclus Ameghino 1901, Trigonostylops insumptus Ameghino 1901, Trigonostylops integer Ameghino 1901, Trigonostylops minimus Ameghino 1901, Trigonostylops scabellum Ameghino 1901, Trigonostylops secundarius Ameghino 1901, Trigonostylops subtrigonus Ameghino 1901, Trigonostylops trigonus Ameghino 1901
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 Trigonostylops according to G. G. Simpson 1967
See also Ameghino 1897, Ameghino 1901 and Ameghino 1904
Sister taxon: Trigonostylops gegenbauri
Type specimens:
- Trigonostylops wortmani: Its type locality is Barranca south of Lago Colhue-Huapi, Gran Barranca, which is in a Bartonian terrestrial claystone in the Sarmiento Formation of Argentina
- Trigonostylops columnifer: Its type locality is Barranca south of Lago Colhue-Huapi, Gran Barranca, which is in a Bartonian terrestrial claystone in the Sarmiento Formation of Argentina.
- Trigonostylops coryphodontoides: Its type locality is Barranca south of Lago Colhue-Huapi, Gran Barranca, which is in a Bartonian terrestrial claystone in the Sarmiento Formation of Argentina.
- Trigonostylops eximius: Its type locality is Barranca south of Lago Colhue-Huapi, Gran Barranca, which is in a Bartonian terrestrial claystone in the Sarmiento Formation of Argentina.
- Trigonostylops germinalis: Its type locality is Barranca south of Lago Colhue-Huapi, Gran Barranca, which is in a Bartonian terrestrial claystone in the Sarmiento Formation of Argentina.
- Trigonostylops hemicyclus: Its type locality is Barranca south of Lago Colhue-Huapi, Gran Barranca, which is in a Bartonian terrestrial claystone in the Sarmiento Formation of Argentina.
- Trigonostylops insumptus: Its type locality is Barranca south of Lago Colhue-Huapi, Gran Barranca, which is in a Bartonian terrestrial claystone in the Sarmiento Formation of Argentina.
- Trigonostylops integer: Its type locality is Barranca south of Lago Colhue-Huapi, Gran Barranca, which is in a Bartonian terrestrial claystone in the Sarmiento Formation of Argentina.
- Trigonostylops minimus: Its type locality is Barranca south of Lago Colhue-Huapi, Gran Barranca, which is in a Bartonian terrestrial claystone in the Sarmiento Formation of Argentina.
- Trigonostylops scabellum: Its type locality is Río Chico Oeste, which is in a Lutetian/Bartonian terrestrial horizon in Argentina.
- Trigonostylops secundarius: Its type locality is Barranca south of Lago Colhue-Huapi, Gran Barranca, which is in a Bartonian terrestrial claystone in the Sarmiento Formation of Argentina.
- Trigonostylops subtrigonus: Its type locality is Río Chico, which is in a Casamayoran terrestrial horizon in Argentina.
- Trigonostylops trigonus: Its type locality is Barranca south of Lago Colhue-Huapi, Gran Barranca, which is in a Bartonian terrestrial claystone in the Sarmiento Formation of Argentina.
Ecology: scansorial herbivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Argentina (16 collections)
Total: 16 collections including 28 occurrences
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