Mammalia - Panameriungulata - Proterotheriidae
Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1883. Sobre una nueva colección de mamíferos fósiles recogidos por el Profesor Scalabrini en Las Barrancas del Paraña [On a collection of fossil mammals collected by Professor Scalabrini in Las Barrancas of Paraña]. Boletin de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias 5(3):55-104
Parent taxon: Proterotheriinae according to M. C. McKenna and S. K. Bell 1997
See also Ameghino 1885, Carroll 1988 and Rovereto 1914
Sister taxa: Neobrachytherium, Pseudobrachytherium
Subtaxa: Brachytherium cuspidatum Brachytherium cuspidatus Brachytherium gradatum Brachytherium morenoi
Type: Brachytherium cuspidatus
Ecology: scansorial herbivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Argentina (4 collections)
• Huayquerian of Argentina (4)
• Miocene of Argentina (1)
Total: 9 collections including 12 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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