Acoelodus oppositus Ameghino 1897 (notoungulate)

Mammalia - Notoungulata

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 Acoelodus according to G. G. Simpson 1967

See also Ameghino 1897 and Ameghino 1901

Sister taxa: Acoelodus debilitatus, Acoelodus proclivus, Acoelodus terminalis

Type specimen: MACN-A 10770a, a mandible. Its type locality is Casamayoran of Patagonia, which is in a Casamayoran terrestrial horizon in Argentina.

Ecology: scansorial herbivore

Distribution: found only at Casamayoran of Patagonia

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