Parastrapotherium ephebicum Ameghino 1889 (placental)

Mammalia - Astrapotheria - Astrapotheriidae

Alternative combination: Astrapotherium ephebicum

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

Belongs to Parastrapotherium according to F. Ameghino 1897

See also Ameghino 1889 and Ameghino 1894

Sister taxa: Parastrapotherium crassum, Parastrapotherium herculeum, Parastrapotherium holmbergi, Parastrapotherium martiale, Parastrapotherium symmetrum, Parastrapotherium variabile, Parastrapotherium voghti, Loxocoelus carinatus

Ecology: scansorial herbivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Parastrapotherium ephebicum in the database

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