Argyrohyrax acuticostatus Ameghino 1901 (notoungulate)

Mammalia - Notoungulata - Interatheriidae

Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1901. Notices préliminaires sur des ongulés nouveaux des terrains crétacés de Patagonie [Preliminary notes on new ungulates from the Cretaceous terrains of Patagonia]. Boletin de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias de Córdoba 16:349-429

Belongs to Argyrohyrax according to F. Ameghino 1901

See also Hitz et al. 2000

Sister taxa: Argyrohyrax concentricus, Argyrohyrax nesodontoides, Argyrohyrax proavus

Type specimen: MACN A52-626, maxillary fragment bearing RdP3-4, M1-2, a maxilla

Ecology: scansorial herbivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Argyrohyrax acuticostatus in the database

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