Anayatherium fortis Shockey 2005 (notoungulate)

Mammalia - Notoungulata - Leontiniidae

Full reference: B. J. Shockey. 2005. New leontinidids (Class Mammalia, Order Notoungulata, Family Leontiniidae) from the Salla beds of Bolivia (Deseadan, Late Oligocene). Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 45(4):249-260

Belongs to Anayatherium according to B. J. Shockey 2005

Sister taxon: Anayatherium ekecoa

Type specimen: UATF-V-00134, a maxilla (Right maxilla with P3-M2, of which P2 and M3 are poorly preserved; right and left premaxillae with left I1 and roots of right I1 and roots of both I2s; and left). Its type locality is Salla, which is in a Deseadan terrestrial horizon in the Salla Formation of Bolivia.

Ecology: scansorial herbivore

Distribution:

• Deseadan of Bolivia (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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