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†Proterotherium americanum Bravard 1858 (placental)

Mammalia - Panameriungulata - Proterotheriidae

Alternative combination: Anoplotherium americanum

Belongs to Proterotherium according to F. Ameghino 1889

See also Lydekker 1894

Sister taxa: Proterotherium acer, Proterotherium australe, Proterotherium brachygnathum, Proterotherium browni, Proterotherium cavum, Proterotherium cervioides, Proterotherium cingulatum, Proterotherium curtidens, Proterotherium dichotomum, Proterotherium divortium, Proterotherium dogei, Proterotherium intermedium, Proterotherium karaikense, Proterotherium mixtum, Proterotherium nitens, Proterotherium perpolitum, Proterotherium politum, Proterotherium principale, Proterotherium pyramidatum, Proterotherium simplicidens, Diadiaphorus sanctaecrucis, Diadiaphorus diplinthius, Diadiaphorus majusculus, Diadiaphorus coelops, Diadiaphorus velox, Diadiaphorus eversus, Diadiaphorus minusculus, Diadiaphorus robustus, Diadiaphorus caniadensis, Epitherium laternarium, Heptaconus acer, Tichodon quadrilobus

Ecology: scansorial herbivore

Distribution: found only at Barrancas del Rio Parana (Miocene of Argentina)

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