Mammalia - Cingulata - Peltephilidae
Synonym: Peltephilus clarazianus Moreno and 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 Peltephilus according to F. Ameghino 1891
See also Ameghino 1894
Sister taxa: Peltephilus depressus, Peltephilus giganteus, Peltephilus grandis, Peltephilus granosus, Peltephilus nanus, Peltephilus protervus, Peltephilus pumilus, Peltephilus rarus, Peltephilus strepens, Peltephilus undulatus
Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Argentina (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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