Astrapotherium christi Stehlin 1928 (placental)

Mammalia - Astrapotheria - Astrapotheriidae

Full reference: H. G. Stehlin. 1928. Ein Astrapotherium fund aus Venezuela. Eclogae geologicae Helvetiae 21:227-232

Belongs to Astrapotherium according to Stehlin 1928

Sister taxa: Astrapotherium guillei, Astrapotherium hespernium, Astrapotherium magnum, Astrapotherium ruderarium

Type specimen: Its type locality is Quebrada Honda - Zaraza, which is in a Santacrucian terrestrial sandstone/marl in Venezuela

Ecology: scansorial herbivore

Distribution: found only at Quebrada Honda - Zaraza

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