Mammalia - Notoungulata - Leontiniidae

Alternative combination: Taubatherium paulacouttaii

Synonym: Taubatherium major Soria and Alvarenga 1989 [objective synonym]

Full reference: M. F. Soria and H. M. F. Alvarenga. 1989. Nuevos restos de mamiferos de la Cuenca de Taubaté, Estado de Sao Paulo, Brasil. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias 61(2):157-175

Belongs to Taubatherium according to B. J. Shockey 2005

See also Ribeiro et al. 2000 and Soria and Alvarenga 1989

Sister taxa: none

Type specimens:

• Taubatherium paulacoutoi: DGM 1087-M, a maxilla (right maxilla fragment with P2-4 and the alveoli of P1 and C). Its type locality is Fazenda Santa Fe, which is in a Deseadan lacustrine shale/claystone in Brazil.
• Taubatherium major: DGM 1100-M, a tooth (Right M2 (?)). Its type locality is Fazenda Santa Fe, which is in a Deseadan lacustrine shale/claystone in Brazil.

Ecology: scansorial herbivore

Distribution: found only at Fazenda Santa Fe

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