Propalaehoplophorus minus Ameghino 1891 (edentate)

Mammalia - Cingulata - Propalaehoplophoridae

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 Propalaehoplophorus according to F. Ameghino 1891

See also Ameghino 1894

Sister taxa: Propalaehoplophorus australis, Propalaehoplophorus bilineatus, Propalaehoplophorus exilis, Propalaehoplophorus granatus, Propalaehoplophorus informis, Propalaehoplophorus laevatus, Propalaehoplophorus scarriti, Propalaeohoplophorus informis

Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore

Distribution: found only at Puesto Estancia La Costa (Miocene of Argentina)

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