†Purperia Paula Couto 1982 (notoungulate)
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Mammalia - Notoungulata - Leontiniidae
Parent taxon: Leontinidae according to A. M. Ribeiro et al. 2013
See also McKenna and Bell 1997
Sister taxa: Anayatherium, Ancylocoelus, Colpodon, Coquenia, Elmerriggsia, Gualta, Henricofilholia, Huilatherium, Leontinia, Martinmiguelia, Pyralophodon, Rodiotherium, Scaphops, Scarrittia, Stenogenium, Taubatherium, Termastherium
Subtaxa: Purperia cribatidens
Ecology: scansorial herbivore
Distribution: found only at Rio Acre (Miocene of Brazil)
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