Paedotherium bonaerense Ameghino 1887

Mammalia - Notoungulata - Hegetotheriidae

Alternative combination: Pachyrucos bonaeriensis

Synonyms: Pachyrucos maximus Ameghino 1908, Pachyrucos miramarensis Ameghino 1908, Paedotherium imperforatum Kraglievich 1926, Paedotherium insigne Burmeister 1888, Paedotherium isolinense Castellanos 1936 [objective synonym]

Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1887. Observaciones generales sobre el orden de mamíferos estinguidos sud-americanos llamados toxodontes (Toxodontia) y sinopsis de los géneros y especies hasta ahora conocidos. Anales del Museo de La Plata 1:1-66

Belongs to Paedotherium according to E. Cerdeno and M. Bond 1998

See also Ameghino 1887, Cruz 2011, Rovereto 1914, Tauber et al. 2019 and Vera and Ercoli 2018

Sister taxa: Paedotherium borrelloi, Paedotherium dolichognathus, Paedotherium ictus, Paedotherium kakai, Paedotherium minor, Paedotherium typicum

Type specimens:

  • Paedotherium bonaerense: MACN 1184, a maxilla (palatal fragment with incisors and two rows of cheek teeth)
  • Pachyrucos maximus:
  • Pachyrucos miramarensis:
  • Paedotherium imperforatum:
  • Paedotherium insigne:
  • Paedotherium isolinense:

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Argentina (1 collection)

• Pliocene of Argentina (20)

• Huayquerian of Argentina (4)

Total: 25 collections each including a single occurrence

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