Guilielmoscottia plicifera Ameghino 1901 (notoungulate)

Mammalia - Notoungulata - Notopithecidae

Synonyms: Adpithecus amplidens Ameghino 1901, Notopithecus amplidens 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 Guilielmoscottia according to G. G. Simpson 1967

See also Ameghino 1901, Reguero and Prevosti 2010 and Vera 2012

Sister taxa: none

Type specimens:

  • Guilielmoscottia plicifera: Its type locality is Mustersan of Patagonia, which is in a Mustersan terrestrial horizon in Argentina
  • Notopithecus amplidens:

Ecology: scansorial herbivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Argentina (5 collections)

Total: 5 collections including 7 occurrences

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