Hoffstetterius Saint-André 1993 (notoungulate)

Mammalia - Notoungulata - Toxodontidae

Full reference: P.-A. Saint-André. 1993. Hoffstetterius imperator n. g., n. sp. du Miocène supérieur de l'Altiplano boliviene et le status des Dinotoxodontinés (Mammalia, Notoungulata). Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences, series II 316:539-545

Parent taxon: Toxodontinae according to N. L. Nasif et al. 2000

See also Saint-André 1993

Sister taxa: Andinotoxodon, Calchaquitherium, Eutomodus, Falcontoxodon, Mesenodon, Minitoxodon, Neotoxodon, Nonotherium, Piauhytherium

Subtaxa: Hoffstetterius imperator

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Type: Hoffstetterius imperator

Ecology: scansorial herbivore

Distribution: found only at Achiri (Miocene of Bolivia)

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