Mammalia - Panameriungulata - Macraucheniidae
Alternative combination: Mesorhinus piramydatus
Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1885. Nuevos restos de mamíferos fósiles Oligocenos recogidos por el Profesor Pedro Scalabrini y pertenecientes al Museo Provincial de la ciudad del Parana [New remains of Oligocene fossil mammals collected by Professor Pedro Scalabrini and belonging to the Provincial Museum of the city of Parana]. Boletín de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias 8:1-205
Belongs to Oxyodontherium according to G. I. Schmidt and E. Cerdeño 2013
See also Ameghino 1885
Sister taxa: Oxyodontherium zeballozi, Oxyodontotherium angustidens
Ecology: scansorial herbivore
Distribution: found only at Parana, Pueblo Brugo to Diamante, Ituzaingo Fm. ( of Argentina)
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