Mammalia - Notoungulata - Hegetotheriidae
Alternative spelling: Pachyrucos
Synonym: Pedotherium Burmeister 1888
Parent taxon: Pachyrukhini according to F. D. Seoane et al. 2023
See also Ameghino 1894, Ameghino 1901, Carroll 1988, Kramarz et al. 2010, Lydekker 1894, Rovereto 1914, Seoane et al. 2017, Sinclair 1908, Sinclair 1909 and Vizcaíno et al. 2022
Sister taxa: Paedotherium, Tremacyllus
Subtaxa: Pachyrucos elongatus Pachyrucos moyani Pachyrucos politus Pachyrucos teres Pachyrukhos moyani Pachyrukhos ngenwinkul Pachyrukhos politus Pachyrukhos tribius Propachyrucos depressus Propachyrucos medianus
Ecology: scansorial herbivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Argentina (19 collections), Chile (3)
Total: 22 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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