Mammalia - Notoungulata - Isotemnidae
Alternative combination: Anisolambda latidens
Synonyms: Eochalicotherium crassidens Ameghino 1901, Eochalicotherium robustum Ameghino 1901, Isotemnus apicatus Ameghino 1901, Isotemnus cuspidatus Ameghino 1901, Isotemnus enecatus Ameghino 1901, Prostylops apicatus 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 Isotemnus according to G. G. Simpson 1967
See also Ameghino 1901 and Ameghino 1902
Sister taxa: Isotemnus colhuehuapiensis, Isotemnus ctalego, Isotemnus haugi, Isotemnus primitivus, Prostylops typus
Type specimens:
- Isotemnus latidens: Its type locality is Colhué Huapí Norte, which is in a Bartonian terrestrial horizon in Argentina
- Eochalicotherium crassidens: Its type locality is Río Chico Oeste, which is in a Lutetian/Bartonian terrestrial horizon in Argentina.
- Eochalicotherium robustum: Its type locality is Río Chico Oeste, which is in a Lutetian/Bartonian terrestrial horizon in Argentina.
- Isotemnus apicatus: Its type locality is Río Chico Oeste, which is in a Lutetian/Bartonian terrestrial horizon in Argentina.
- Isotemnus cuspidatus: Its type locality is Casamayoran of Patagonia, which is in a Casamayoran terrestrial horizon in Argentina.
- Isotemnus enecatus: Its type locality is Río Chico Oeste, which is in a Lutetian/Bartonian terrestrial horizon in Argentina.
Distribution:
• Eocene of Argentina (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections including 7 occurrences
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