Palaehoplophorus pressulus Ameghino 1885 (edentate)

Mammalia - Cingulata

Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1885. Nuevos restos de mamíferos fósiles Oligocenos recogidos por el Profesor Pedro Scalabrini y pertenecientes al Museo Provincial de la ciudad del Parana [New remains of Oligocene fossil mammals collected by Professor Pedro Scalabrini and belonging to the Provincial Museum of the city of Parana]. Boletín de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias 8:1-205

Belongs to Palaehoplophorus according to F. Ameghino 1885

See also Cione et al. 2000, González-Ruiz et al. 2016 and Scillato-Yané et al. 2013

Sister taxa: Palaehoplophorus antiquus, Palaehoplophorus chapalmalensis, Palaehoplophorus meridionalis, Palaeohoplophorus scalabrinii

Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Palaehoplophorus pressulus in the database

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