Mammalia - Cingulata - Peltephilidae

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: Peltephilidae according to B. J. Shockey 2017

See also Ameghino 1891, Ameghino 1894 and McKenna and Bell 1997

Sister taxa: Epipeltephilus, Parapeltecoelus, Peltecoelus, Peltephilus, Ronwolffia

Subtaxa: Anantiosodon rarus

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Type: Anantiosodon rarus

Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore

Distribution: found only at Cerro Observatorio (Miocene of Argentina)

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