Mammalia - Notoungulata - Leontiniidae
Synonym: Laventatherium Colwel 1965 [replaced name]
Full reference: C. Villarroel and J. Guerrero Diaz. 1985. Un nuevo y singular representante de la familia Leontiniidae? (Notoungulata, Mammalia) en el Mioceno de La Venta, Colombia. Geologia Norandina 9:35-40
Parent taxon: Leontiniidae according to B. J. Shockey et al. 2012
See also Villarroel and Colwell Danis 1997 and Villarroel and Guerrero Diaz 1985
Sister taxa: Anayatherium, Ancylocoelus, Colpodon, Coquenia, Elmerriggsia, Gualta, Henricofilholia, Leontinia, Martinmiguelia, Purperia, Pyralophodon, Rodiotherium, Scaphops, Scarrittia, Stenogenium, Taubatherium, Termastherium
Subtaxa: Huilatherium pluripicatum
Ecology: scansorial herbivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Colombia (26 collections)
Total: 26 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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