Argyrohyrax Ameghino 1897 (notoungulate)

Mammalia - Notoungulata - Interatheriidae

Synonyms: Notohyrax Ameghino 1901, Plagiarthrus Ameghino 1896

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: Interatheriidae according to B. Vera et al. 2017

See also Ameghino 1897, Ameghino 1901, Hitz et al. 2000 and McKenna and Bell 1997

Sister taxa: Antofagastia, Cochilius, Fiandraia, Ignigena, Interatheriinae, Interatherium, Johnbell, Miocochilius, Nesciotherium, Patriarchus, Plagiarthus, Progaleopithecus, Protypotherium, Punapithecus

Subtaxa: Argyrohyrax acuticostatus Argyrohyrax concentricus Argyrohyrax nesodontoides Argyrohyrax proavus

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Type: Argyrohyrax proavus

Ecology: scansorial herbivore

Distribution:

• Deseadan of Argentina (12 collections), Bolivia (1)

• Oligocene of Argentina (1)

Total: 14 collections including 19 occurrences

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