Purperia Paula Couto 1982 (notoungulate)

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

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Ecology: scansorial herbivore

Distribution: found only at Rio Acre (Miocene of Brazil)

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