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
Type: Proadiantus excavatus
Ecology: scansorial herbivore
Distribution: found only at Cabeza Blanca ( of Argentina)
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