Argyrolagus Ameghino 1904 (metatherian)

Mammalia - Polydolopimorphia - Argyrolagidae

Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1904. Nuevas especies de mamíferos, cretáceos y terciarios de la República Argentina [New species of mammals, Cretaceous and Tertiarty, from the Argentine Republic]. Anales de la Sociedad Cientifica Argentina 56–58:1-142

Parent taxon: Argyrolagidae according to D. A. García-López and M. J. Babot 2015

See also Abello and Candela 2020, Ameghino 1904, McKenna and Bell 1997 and Rovereto 1914

Sister taxa: Anargyrolagus, Hondalagus, Klohnia, Microtragulus, Proargyrolagus

Subtaxa: Argyrolagus palmeri Argyrolagus parodii Argyrolagus rusconii Argyrolagus scagliai

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Ecology: saltatorial omnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Argentina (1 collection)

• Pliocene of Argentina (3)

• Montehermosan of Argentina (4)

• Miocene of Argentina (5)

Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence

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