Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Pyrotheriidae
Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1901. Notices préliminaires sur des ongulés nouveaux des terrains crétacés de Patagonie [Preliminary notes on new ungulates from the Cretaceous terrains of Patagonia]. Boletin de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias de Córdoba 16:349-429
Parent taxon: Pyrotheriidae according to A. G. Kramarz and M. Bond 2014
See also Ameghino 1901, Carroll 1988, McKenna and Bell 1997 and Simpson 1967
Sister taxa: Baguatherium, Colombitherium, Promoeritherium, Promoeritherium australe, Ricardowenia, Proticia
Subtaxa: Propyrotherium saxeum
Type: Propyrotherium saxeum
Ecology: scansorial herbivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Argentina (8 collections)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
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