Proadiantus Ameghino 1897 (placental)

Mammalia - Panameriungulata - Adianthidae

Alternative spelling: Proadianthus

Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1897. Mammiféres crétacés de l’Argentine (Deuxième contribution à la connaissance de la fauna mammalogique de couches à Pyrotherium) [Cretaceous mammals of Argentina (second contribution to the knowledge of the mammalian fauna of the Pyrotherium Beds)]. Boletin Instituto Geografico Argentino 18(4–9):406-521

Parent taxon: Adianthinae according to R. L. Cifelli and M. F. Soria 1983

See also Ameghino 1897, Cifelli 1983, Loomis 1914 and Simpson and Minoprio 1949

Sister taxa: Adianthus, Proheptaconus, Thadanius, Tricoelodus

Subtaxa: Proadiantus excavatus

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Type: Proadiantus excavatus

Ecology: scansorial herbivore

Distribution: found only at Cabeza Blanca ( of Argentina)

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