†Scarrittia robusta Ubilla et al. 1994 (notoungulate)
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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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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