Mammalia - Notoungulata - Archaeohyracidae
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 Archaeohyrax according to G. Billet et al. 2009
See also Ameghino 1897
Sister taxa: Archaeohyrax proavus, Archaeohyrax suniensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Deseadan of Patagonia, which is in a Deseadan terrestrial horizon in the Sarmiento Formation of Argentina
Ecology: scansorial herbivore
Distribution:
• Deseadan of Argentina (9 collections)
• Oligocene of Argentina (2)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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