Escribania talonicuspis Gelfo et al. 2007 (placental)

Mammalia - Panameriungulata - Didolodontidae

Full reference: J. N. Gelfo, E. Ortiz-Jaureguizar, and G. W. Rougier. 2007. New remains and species of the ‘condylarth’ genus Escribania (Mammalia: Didolodontidae) from the Palaeocene of Patagonia, Argentina. Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 98:127-138

Belongs to Escribania according to J. N. Gelfo et al. 2007

Sister taxon: Escribania chubutensis

Type specimen: MPEF-PV 1861, a tooth (m3). Its type locality is Punta Peligro, which is in a Danian mire/swamp claystone/conglomerate in the Salamanca Formation of Argentina.

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Punta Peligro

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