Proectocion Ameghino 1904 (placental)

Mammalia - Panameriungulata - Didolodontidae

Synonym: Oxybunotherium Pascual 1965

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: Didolodontidae according to C. d. Paula Couto 1952

See also Ameghino 1904, Carroll 1988, Cifelli 1983, Pascual 1965, Scott 1913 and Simpson 1948

Sister taxa: Archaeohyracotherium, Argyrolambda, Depaulacoutoia, Didolodus, Enneoconus, Ernestokokenia, Escribania, Lamegoia, Paulogervaisia, Raulvaccia, Ricardocifellia, Salladolodus, Saltaodus, Umayodus

Subtaxa: Oxybunotherium praecursor Proectocion argentinus Proectocion precisus

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Type: Proectocion argentinus

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Argentina (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections including 3 occurrences

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