Mammalia - Notoungulata - Mesotheriidae
Alternative combination: Typotherium cristatum
Synonyms: Bravardia pampeana Cattoi 1941 [objective synonym], Entelomorphus rotundatus Ameghino 1889 [objective synonym], Mesotherium angustirostrum Cattoi 1941 [objective synonym], Mesotherium maendrum Ameghino 1887, Pseudotypotherium maendrum Ameghino 1887 [objective synonym], Typotheridion maendrum Ameghino 1887, Typotherium angustirostrum Cattoi 1941, Typotherium eguiai Ameghino 1904 [objective synonym], Typotherium exiguum Ameghino 1887 [objective synonym], Typotherium maendrum Ameghino 1887, Typotherium pachygnatum Gervais and Ameghino 1880
Belongs to Mesotherium according to M. Fernández-Monescillo et al. 2023
See also Ameghino 1887, Ameghino 1889, Ameghino 1904, Cabrera 1939, Fernández-Monescillo 2018, Lydekker 1894, MacPhee et al. 2021 and Rovereto 1914
Sister taxa: Typotherium subinsigne, Typotherium extensum, Typotherium robustum, Typotherium insigne, Typotherium strictum
Ecology: scansorial herbivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (14 collections)
• Pliocene of Argentina (1)
Total: 15 collections each including a single occurrence
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