†Peltephilus giganteus Ameghino 1894 (edentate)
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Mammalia - Cingulata - Peltephilidae
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 Peltephilus according to F. Ameghino 1894
See also Lydekker 1894
Sister taxa: Peltephilus depressus, Peltephilus ferox, Peltephilus grandis, Peltephilus granosus, Peltephilus nanus, Peltephilus protervus, Peltephilus pumilus, Peltephilus rarus, Peltephilus strepens, Peltephilus undulatus
Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore
Distribution: found only at Shehuén (Miocene of Argentina)
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