Mammalia - Astrapotheria - Astrapotheriidae
Synonyms: Helicolophodon giganteus Roth 1904, Loxocoelus obturtus Ameghino 1901, Parastrapotherium lemoinei Ameghino 1894, Parastrapotherium trouessarti Ameghino 1894, Traspoatherium convexidens Ameghino 1894
Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1894. Sur les oiseaux fossiles de Patagonie; et la faune mammalogique des couches à Pyrotherium. Boletin del Instituto Geographico Argentino 15:501-660
Belongs to Parastrapotherium according to A. G. Kramarz and M. Bond 2008
See also Ameghino 1894, Ameghino 1897, Ameghino 1901 and Kramarz and Bond 2010
Sister taxa: Parastrapotherium crassum, Parastrapotherium ephebicum, Parastrapotherium herculeum, Parastrapotherium martiale, Parastrapotherium symmetrum, Parastrapotherium variabile, Parastrapotherium voghti, Loxocoelus carinatus
Type specimens:
- Parastrapotherium holmbergi: MACN A 52, a maxilla. Its type locality is La Flecha, which is in a Deseadan terrestrial mudstone in the Deseado Formation of Argentina.
- Helicolophodon giganteus: MLP 12-2285, a set of teeth (upper premolar and incisive). Its type locality is Lago Musters, which is in a Mustersan terrestrial horizon in Argentina.
- Loxocoelus obturtus: MACN A 52-527, a tooth.
- Parastrapotherium lemoinei: MACN A 52-429, a tooth.
- Parastrapotherium trouessarti: MACN A 52-436, a set of teeth.
- Traspoatherium convexidens: MACN A 52-401, a set of teeth.
Ecology: scansorial herbivore
Distribution:
• Deseadan of Argentina (3 collections)
• Eocene of Argentina (1)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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