Proterotherium brachygnathum Ameghino 1894 (placental)

Mammalia - Panameriungulata - Proterotheriidae

Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1894. Enumeration synoptique des especes de mammifères fossiles des formations éocènes de Patagonie. Boletin de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias en Cordoba (Republica Argentina) 13:259-452

Belongs to Proterotherium according to F. Ameghino 1894

Sister taxa: Proterotherium acer, Proterotherium americanum, Proterotherium australe, Proterotherium browni, Proterotherium cavum, Proterotherium cervioides, Proterotherium cingulatum, Proterotherium curtidens, Proterotherium dichotomum, Proterotherium divortium, Proterotherium dogei, Proterotherium intermedium, Proterotherium karaikense, Proterotherium mixtum, Proterotherium nitens, Proterotherium perpolitum, Proterotherium politum, Proterotherium principale, Proterotherium pyramidatum, Proterotherium simplicidens, Tichodon quadrilobus, Diadiaphorus majusculus, Diadiaphorus diplinthius, Diadiaphorus caniadensis, Diadiaphorus minusculus, Diadiaphorus eversus, Diadiaphorus robustus, Diadiaphorus velox, Diadiaphorus coelops, Diadiaphorus sanctaecrucis, Epitherium laternarium, Heptaconus acer

Ecology: scansorial herbivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Proterotherium brachygnathum in the database

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