Protypotherium claudum 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

Belongs to Protypotherium according to M. Fernández et al. 2023

See also Ameghino 1889, Ameghino 1894 and Tauber 1996

Sister taxa: Protypotherium antiquum, Protypotherium australe, Protypotherium colloncurensis, Protypotherium columnifer, Protypotherium compressidens, Protypotherium diastematum, Protypotherium distinctum, Protypotherium furculosus, Protypotherium icochiloides, Protypotherium leptocephalus, Protypotherium minutum, Protypotherium obstructum, Protypotherium praerutilum, Protypotherium rectus

Type specimen: MACN A 551, a mandible (right mandibular fragment with p2 (alveolus)–p3–m2)

Ecology: scansorial herbivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Argentina (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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