Tricoelodus bicuspidatus Ameghino 1897 (placental)

Mammalia - Panameriungulata - Adianthidae

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 Tricoelodus according to R. L. Cifelli and M. F. Soria 1983

See also Ameghino 1897

Sister taxon: Tricoelodus boliviensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Cabeza Blanca, which is in a Deseadan terrestrial shale/claystone in the Sarmiento Formation of Argentina

Ecology: scansorial herbivore

Distribution:

• Deseadan of Argentina (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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