Mammalia - Notoungulata - Notopithecidae

Synonyms: Adpithecus secans Ameghino 1901, Adpithecus subtenuis Ameghino 1902, Antepithecus gradatus Ameghino 1904, Epipithecus confluens Ameghino 1904, Infrapithecus diversus Ameghino 1902

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

Belongs to Notopithecus according to G. G. Simpson 1967

See also Ameghino 1897, Ameghino 1901, Ameghino 1902, Ameghino 1904 and Reguero and Prevosti 2010

Sister taxa: none

Type specimens:

• Notopithecus adapinus: MACN-A 10822, a maxilla. Its type locality is Barranca south of Lago Colhue-Huapi, Gran Barranca, which is in a Bartonian terrestrial claystone in the Sarmiento Formation of Argentina.
• Adpithecus secans: Its type locality is Casamayoran of Patagonia, which is in a Casamayoran terrestrial horizon in Argentina.
• Adpithecus subtenuis: Its type locality is Barranca south of Lago Colhue-Huapi, Gran Barranca, which is in a Bartonian terrestrial claystone in the Sarmiento Formation of Argentina.
• Antepithecus gradatus: Its type locality is Casamayoran of Patagonia, which is in a Casamayoran terrestrial horizon in Argentina.
• Epipithecus confluens: Its type locality is Pico Salamanca (Barrancan), which is in a Bartonian terrestrial horizon in Argentina.
• Infrapithecus diversus: Its type locality is Colhué Huapí Norte, which is in a Bartonian terrestrial horizon in Argentina.

Ecology: scansorial herbivore

Distribution:

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