Propalaehoplophorus Ameghino 1887 (edentate)

Mammalia - Cingulata - Propalaehoplophoridae

Alternative spelling: Propalaeohoplophorus

Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1887. Enumeración sistemática de las especies de mamíferos fósiles coleccionados for Carlos Ameghino en los terrenos Eocenos de Patagonia Austral.

Parent taxon: Propalaehoplophoridae according to J. C. Fernicola 2008

See also Ameghino 1887, Ameghino 1889, Ameghino 1891, Ameghino 1894, Brown 1912, Carroll 1988, Lydekker 1894 and McKenna and Bell 1997

Sister taxa: Asterostemma, Cochlops, Eucinepeltus, Metopotoxus

Subtaxa: Propalaehoplophorus australis Propalaehoplophorus bilineatus Propalaehoplophorus exilis Propalaehoplophorus granatus Propalaehoplophorus informis Propalaehoplophorus laevatus Propalaehoplophorus minus Propalaehoplophorus scarriti Propalaeohoplophorus informis

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Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Argentina (9 collections), Bolivia (1), Chile (2)

Total: 12 collections including 13 occurrences

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