†Proticia Patterson 1977 (placental)
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Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Pyrotheriidae
Full reference: B. Patterson. 1977. A primitive pyrothere (Mammalia, Notoungulata) from the early Tertiary of Northwestern Venezuela. Fieldiana Geology 33(22):397-422
Parent taxon: Colombitheriidae according to B. Patterson 1977
See also Carroll 1988 and McKenna and Bell 1997
Sister taxa: Baguatherium, Colombitherium, Promoeritherium, Promoeritherium australe, Propyrotherium, Ricardowenia
Subtaxa: Proticia venezuelensis
Type: Proticia venezuelensis
Ecology: scansorial herbivore
Distribution: found only at Head of Quebrada Agua Viva (Eocene of Venezuela)
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