Mammalia - Astrapotheria - Astrapotheriidae
Full reference: J. D. Carrillo, E. Amson, C. Jaramillo, R. Sánchez, L. Quiroz, C. Cuartas, A. F. Rincón and M. R. Sánchez-Villagra. 2018. The Neogene record of northern South American native ungulates. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 101
Belongs to Hilarcotherium according to J. D. Carrillo et al. 2018
Sister taxon: Hilarcotherium castanedaii
Type specimen: IGMp 881327, a mandible (partial mandible with left ramus bearing left m3, m2, canines, and alveoli for the incisors). Its type locality is STRI Loc. 470058 (Castilletes Fm), which is in a Burdigalian terrestrial sandstone in the Castilletes Formation of Colombia.
Ecology: scansorial herbivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Colombia (5 collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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