Mammalia - Notoungulata - Archaeopithecidae
Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1897. Mammiféres crétacés de l’Argentine (Deuxième contribution à la connaissance de la fauna mammalogique de couches à Pyrotherium) [Cretaceous mammals of Argentina (second contribution to the knowledge of the mammalian fauna of the Pyrotherium Beds)]. Boletin Instituto Geografico Argentino 18(4–9):406-521
Parent taxon: Notoungulata according to B. Vera 2017
See also Ameghino 1897, Carroll 1988, López et al. 2020 and Simpson 1967
Sister taxa: Acoelodus, Albertogaudryidae, Allalmeia, Archaeogaia, Archaeoplus, Archaeotypotherium transitum, Brandmayria, Carolodarwinia, Carolodarwinia pyramidentata, Claenodon patagonicus, Degonia sympathica, Edvardocopeia, Edvardocopeia sinuosa, Entelonychia, Epitypotherium cancellatum, Eudiastatus, Eurystephanodon, Hegetotheria, Henricosborniidae, Heterolophodon, Homalodotheria, Isotypotherium, Lophiodonticulus, Lophiodonticulus patagonicus, Lophiodonticulus retroversus, Notioprogonia, Notopithecidae, Notopithecus summus, Notostylopidae, Oldfieldthomasiidae, Orthogenium ameghinoi, Ortholophodon, Pleurystylops, Pleurystylops glebosus, Procolpodon, Procolpodon foratus, Pyramidon, Pyramidon klaatschi, Tonostylops, Tonostylops spissus, Toxodontia, Trimerostephanos ultimus, Typotheria, Typotheroidea, Ultrapithecus robustus
Subtaxa: Acropithecus Archaeopithecus Teratopithecus
Type: Archaeopithecus
Ecology: scansorial herbivore
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