Trapalcotherium Rougier et al. 2009 (Trapalcó beast)

Mammalia - Allotheria

Full reference: G. W. Rougier, L. Chornogubsky, S. Casadio, N. P. Arango, and A. Giallombardo. 2009. Mammals from the Allen Formation, Late Cretaceous, Argentina. Cretaceous Research 30:223-238

Parent taxon: Gondwanatheria according to D. W. Krause et al. 2020

See also Krause et al. 2014 and Rougier et al. 2009

Sister taxa: Adalatheriidae, Argentodites, Ferugliotheriidae, Ferugliotherium, Groeberia, Magallanodon, Patagonia, Sudamericidae

Subtaxa: Trapalcotherium matuastensis

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Type: Trapalcotherium matuastensis

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Cerro Tortuga, Bajo Trapalcó (Cretaceous of Argentina)

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