Isotemnus latidens Ameghino 1901

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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