Scarrittia robusta Ubilla et al. 1994 (notoungulate)

Mammalia - Notoungulata - Leontiniidae

Full reference: M. Ubilla, D. Perea, and M. Bond. 1994. The Deseadan Land Mammal Age in Uruguay and the report of Scarrittia robusta nov. sp. (Leontiniidae, Notoungulata) in the Fray Bentos Formation (Oligocene - ? Lower Miocene). Geobios 27(1):95-102

Belongs to Scarrittia according to B. J. Shockey 2005

See also Ubilla et al. 1994

Sister taxa: Scarrittia barranquensis, Scarrittia canquelensis

Type specimen: FC-DPV-661, a mandible. Its type locality is Paso del Cuello, which is in a Deseadan fluvial sandstone in the Fray Bentos Formation of Uruguay.

Ecology: scansorial herbivore

Distribution: found only at Paso del Cuello

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