†Paedotherium minor Cabrera 1937 (notoungulate)
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Mammalia - Notoungulata - Hegetotheriidae
Synonym: Paedotherium affine Cabrera 1937
Belongs to Paedotherium according to E. Cerdeno and M. Bond 1998
See also Vera and Ercoli 2018
Sister taxa: Paedotherium bonaerense, Paedotherium borrelloi, Paedotherium dolichognathus, Paedotherium ictus, Paedotherium kakai, Paedotherium typicum
Type specimens:
- Paedotherium minor: MLP 29-IX-I-116, a maxilla (Palatal fragment with right and left I1 and P2-M3)
- Paedotherium affine: MLP 29-IX-I-152.
Ecology: scansorial herbivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Argentina (1 collection)
• Huayquerian of Argentina (23)
• Miocene of Argentina (7)
Total: 31 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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