Oxyodontherium zeballozi Ameghino 1883 (placental)

Mammalia - Panameriungulata - Macraucheniidae

Alternative combination: Oxyodontherium zeballosi

Synonym: Macrauchenia minuta Burmeister 1885

Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1883. Sobre una nueva colección de mamíferos fósiles recogidos por el Profesor Scalabrini en Las Barrancas del Paraña [On a collection of fossil mammals collected by Professor Scalabrini in Las Barrancas of Paraña]. Boletin de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias 5(3):55-104

Belongs to Oxyodontherium according to F. Ameghino 1889

See also Ameghino 1883

Sister taxa: Oxyodontherium piramydatus, Oxyodontotherium angustidens

Ecology: scansorial herbivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Argentina (1 collection)

• Pliocene of Argentina (1)

• Huayquerian of Argentina (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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