Mammalia - Notoungulata - Mesotheriidae
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: Pampaini according to M. A. Armella and F. Deforel 2023
See also Ameghino 1904, Carroll 1988, Francis 1960, Rovereto 1914 and Simpson 1945
Sister taxon: Mesotherium
Subtaxa: Pseudotypotherium carlesi Pseudotypotherium exiguum Pseudotypotherium studeri Pseudotypotherium subinsigne
Ecology: scansorial herbivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Argentina (14 collections)
• Huayquerian of Argentina (13)
• Miocene of Argentina (3), Bolivia (1)
Total: 31 collections including 32 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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