Mammalia - Astrapotheria - Astrapotheriidae
Synonyms: Parastrapotherium insuperabile Ameghino 1901, Parastrapotherium superabile Ameghino 1901
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 Parastrapotherium according to A. G. Kramarz and M. Bond 2010
See also Ameghino 1901 and Kramarz and Bond 2008
Sister taxa: Parastrapotherium crassum, Parastrapotherium ephebicum, Parastrapotherium herculeum, Parastrapotherium holmbergi, Parastrapotherium symmetrum, Parastrapotherium variabile, Parastrapotherium voghti, Loxocoelus carinatus
Type specimens:
- Parastrapotherium martiale: MACN A 52-604, a partial skull
- Parastrapotherium insuperabile: MACN A 52-500, a tooth.
- Parastrapotherium superabile: MACN A 52-404a, a tooth.
Ecology: scansorial herbivore
Distribution: found only at Lake Colhué Huapí (southern cliff; Deseadan) ( of Argentina)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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