Mammalia - Cingulata - Chlamyphoridae
Alternative spelling: Prozaedius
Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1891. Nuevos restos de mamíferos fósiles descubiertos por Carlos Ameghino en el Eoceno inferior de la Patagonia austral. – Especies nuevas, adiciones y correcciones [New remains of fossil mammals discovered by Carlos Ameghino in the lower Eocene of southern Patagonia. – New species, additions, and corrections]. Revista Argentina de Historia Natural 1:289-328
Parent taxon: Chlamyphoridae according to S. F. Vizcaíno et al. 2022
See also Ameghino 1891, Ameghino 1894, Ameghino 1897, Carlini et al. 2010, Carroll 1988, Kramarz et al. 2005, Kramarz et al. 2010 and McKenna and Bell 1997
Sister taxa: Chlamyphorinae, Proeutatus, Stenotatus
Subtaxa: Prozaedius exilis Prozaedius humilis Prozaedius impressus Prozaedius minimus Prozaedius planus Prozaedyus exilis Prozaedyus humilis Prozaedyus proximus Prozaedyus scillatoyanei Prozaedyus tenuissimus
Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene to Pliocene of Argentina (1 collection)
• Miocene of Argentina (30), Bolivia (2), Chile (2)
• Deseadan of Argentina (4)
• Oligocene of Argentina (1)
Total: 40 collections including 48 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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