Mammalia - Notoungulata - Hegetotheriidae
Alternative combination: Pachyrucos typicus
Synonyms: Pachyrucos brusquitaensis Ameghino 1908, Pachyrucos chapalmalensis Ameghino 1908, Pachyrucos marplatensis Ameghino 1908, Paedotherium brusquitaense Ameghino 1908, Paedotherium chapadmalense Ameghino 1908, Paedotherium marplatense Ameghino 1908
Belongs to Paedotherium according to E. Cerdeno and M. Bond 1998
See also Ameghino 1887, Lydekker 1894, Rovereto 1914 and Vera and Ercoli 2018
Sister taxa: Paedotherium bonaerense, Paedotherium borrelloi, Paedotherium dolichognathus, Paedotherium ictus, Paedotherium kakai, Paedotherium minor
Type specimens:
- Paedotherium typicum: MLP 12-1782, a skull
- Paedotherium brusquitaense:
- Paedotherium chapadmalense:
- Paedotherium marplatense:
Ecology: scansorial herbivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (2 collections)
• Pliocene of Argentina (10)
• Huayquerian of Argentina (1)
Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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