Mammalia - Notoungulata - Hegetotheriidae
Synonym: Ethegotherium Simpson et al. 1962
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: Hegetotheriinae according to F. D. Seoane et al. 2023
See also Ameghino 1897, Carroll 1988, Kramarz and Bond 2017, Marshall et al. 1986, Reguero and Cerdeño 2005, Reguero and Prevosti 2010, Seoane et al. 2017, Simpson and Minoprio 1949 and Simpson et al. 1962
Sister taxa: Hegetotherium, Hemihegetotheriomorpha, Hemihegetotherium trilobus, Sallatherium, Tegehotherium
Subtaxa: Prohegetotherium malalhuense Prohegetotherium schiaffinoi Prohegetotherium sculptum
Type: Prohegetotherium sculptum
Ecology: scansorial herbivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Argentina (1 collection)
• Deseadan of Argentina (11), Bolivia (4), Uruguay (1)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Bolivia (1)
• Oligocene of Argentina (1)
Total: 19 collections including 23 occurrences
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