Thoatherium crepidatum Ameghino 1891 (placental)

Mammalia - Panameriungulata - Proterotheriidae

Synonyms: Merycodon damesi Mercerat 1891, Rhagodon gracilis Mercerat 1891

Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1891. Nuevos restos de mamíferos fósiles descubiertos por Carlos Ameghino en el Eoceno inferior de la Patagonia austral. – Especies nuevas, adiciones y correcciones [New remains of fossil mammals discovered by Carlos Ameghino in the lower Eocene of southern Patagonia. – New species, additions, and corrections]. Revista Argentina de Historia Natural 1:289-328

Belongs to Thoatherium according to F. Ameghino 1891

See also Ameghino 1894

Sister taxa: Thoatherium bilobatum, Thoatherium karaikense, Thoatherium minusculum, Thoatherium rhabdodon, Thoatherium velatum

Ecology: scansorial herbivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Thoatherium crepidatum in the database

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