Nesodon imbricatus Owen 1846 (notoungulate)

Mammalia - Notoungulata - Toxodontidae

Synonyms: Acrotherium intermedium Mercerat 1891, Acrotherium patagonicum Mercerat 1891, Acrotherium variegatum Mercerat 1891, Adelphotherium ligatum Ameghino 1887, Adelphotherium lutarium Mercerat 1891, Adelphotherium pumilum Mercerat 1891, Adelphotherium repandum Mercerat 1891, Adelphotherium rothi Mercerat 1891, Adelphotherium trivium Mercerat 1891, Atryptherium bifurcatum Ameghino 1887, Gronotherium decrepitum Mercerat 1891, Nesodon conspurcatus Ameghino 1887, Nesodon cornutus Scott 1912, Nesodon marmoratus Ameghino 1887, Nesodon obliteratus Ameghino 1887, Nesodon oweni Mercerat 1891, Nesodon patagonicus Mercerat 1891, Nesodon rutimeyeri Mercerat 1891, Nesodon sulivani Owen 1846, Nesodon sullivani Owen 1846, Nesodon typicus Mercerat 1891, Nesotherium argentinum Mercerat 1891, Nesotherium carinatum Mercerat 1891, Nesotherium elegans Mercerat 1891, Nesotherium nehringi Mercerat 1891, Nesotherium rufum Mercerat 1891, Nesotherium studeri Mercerat 1891, Protoxodon clemens Fernández and Muñoz 2019, Protoxodon conspurcatus Ameghino 1887, Protoxodon evidens Mercerat 1891, Protoxodon henseli Mercerat 1891, Protoxodon marmoratus Ameghino 1887, Protoxodon obliteratus Ameghino 1887, Protoxodon patagonensis Ameghino 1887, Protoxodon speciosus Mercerat 1891, Protoxodon sullivani Owen 1846, Scophotherium cyclops Ameghino 1887, Toxodon patagonensis Ameghino 1887

Belongs to Nesodon according to D. A. Croft et al. 2004

See also Ameghino 1887, Ameghino 1889, Ameghino 1894, Cassini et al. 2012, Fernández and Muñoz 2019, Lydekker 1894, Lydekker 1894, Pascual and Rivas 1971, Solórzano et al. 2019 and Solórzano and Núñez-Flores 2021

Sister taxa: Nesodon andium, Nesodon brachycephalus, Nesodon cavifrons, Nesodon limitatum, Nesodon taweretus, Acrotherium stygium, Acrotherium karaikense, Acrotherium rusticum

Ecology: scansorial herbivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Argentina (16 collections), Chile (3)

Total: 19 collections including 20 occurrences

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