Argyrohippus fraterculus Ameghino 1902 (notoungulate)

Mammalia - Notoungulata

Synonym: Argyrohippus boulei Ameghino 1902

Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1902. Première contribution à la connaissance de la fauna mammalogique des couches à Colpodon [First contribution to the knowledge of the mammalian fauna of the Colopdon Beds]. Boletin de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias de Córdoba 17:71-141

Belongs to Argyrohippus according to F. Ameghino 1902

See also Ameghino 1902, Hernández Del Pino et al. 2019 and López et al. 2010

Sister taxon: Argyrohippus praecox

Ecology: scansorial herbivore

Distribution: found only at Gran Barranca - southern cliff of lake Colhué Huapí (Miocene of Argentina)

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