Patriarchus Ameghino 1889 (notoungulate)

Mammalia - Notoungulata - Interatheriidae

Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1889. Contribución al conocimiento de los mamíferos fósiles de la República Argentina [Contribution to the knowledge of the fossil mammals of the Argentine Republic]. Actas de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias de la República Argentina en Córdoba 6:xxxii-1027

Parent taxon: Interatheridae according to F. Ameghino 1891

See also Ameghino 1889 and Ameghino 1894

Sister taxa: Antofagastia, Argyrohyrax, Cochilius, Fiandraia, Ignigena, Interatheriinae, Interatherium, Johnbell, Miocochilius, Nesciotherium, Plagiarthus, Progaleopithecus, Protypotherium, Punapithecus

Subtaxa: Patriarchus palmidens

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Ecology: scansorial herbivore

Distribution: found only at Río Bote - Estancia Maria Elisa (Miocene of Argentina)

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