Asterostemma Ameghino 1889 (edentate)

Mammalia - Cingulata - Propalaehoplophoridae

Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1889. Contribución al conocimiento de los mamíferos fósiles de la República Argentina [Contribution to the knowledge of the fossil mammals of the Argentine Republic]. Actas de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias de la República Argentina en Córdoba 6:xxxii-1027

Parent taxon: Propalaehoplophoridae according to J. C. Fernicola 2008

See also Ameghino 1889, Ameghino 1894, Carroll 1988 and McKenna and Bell 1997

Sister taxa: Cochlops, Eucinepeltus, Metopotoxus, Propalaehoplophorus

Subtaxa: Asterostemma depressa

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Type: Asterostemma depressa

Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Argentina (1 collection), Brazil (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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