Tetramerorhinus fortis 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 Tetramerorhinus according to F. Ameghino 1894

Sister taxa: Tetramerorhinus cingulatum, Tetramerorhinus fleaglei, Tetramerorhinus lucarius, Tetramerorhinus prosistens

Type specimen: Its type locality is Santa Cruz Formation, which is in a Santacrucian terrestrial horizon in the Santa Cruz Formation of Argentina

Ecology: scansorial herbivore

Distribution: found only at Santa Cruz Formation

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