Mammalia - Notoungulata - Toxodontidae
Synonyms: Acrotherium Ameghino 1887, Adelphotherium Ameghino 1887
Parent taxon: Nesodontinae according to D. A. Croft et al. 2004
See also Ameghino 1887, Ameghino 1894, Ameghino 1907, Carroll 1988, Lydekker 1894 and Owen 1848
Sister taxa: Adinotherium, Berroia, Gronotherium, Phobereotherium, Probereotherium, Pronesodon, Rhadinotherium, Senodon, Xotoprodon
Subtaxa: Acrotherium karaikense Acrotherium rusticum Acrotherium stygium Nesodon andium Nesodon brachycephalus Nesodon cavifrons Nesodon imbricatus Nesodon limitatum Nesodon taweretus
Type: Nesodon imbricatus
Ecology: scansorial herbivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Argentina (31 collections), Chile (6)
• Deseadan of Argentina (1)
Total: 38 collections including 43 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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