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 Asteromys according to M. E. Pérez and M. G. Vucetich 2012
See also Ameghino 1897, Vucetich et al. 2015 and Wood and Patterson 1959
Sister taxa: Asteromys bolivianus, Asteromys puelche
Type specimen: MACN-A 52-110, a mandible. Its type locality is Cabeza Blanca, which is in a Deseadan terrestrial shale/claystone in the Sarmiento Formation of Argentina.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Deseadan of Argentina (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections including 3 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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