†Thoatherium minusculum Ameghino 1887 (placental)
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Mammalia - Panameriungulata - Proterotheriidae
Synonym: Merycodon rusticus Mercerat 1891
Belongs to Thoatherium according to S. F. Vizcaíno et al. 2022
See also Ameghino 1891 and Ameghino 1894
Sister taxa: Thoatherium bilobatum, Thoatherium crepidatum, Thoatherium karaikense, Thoatherium rhabdodon, Thoatherium velatum
Ecology: scansorial herbivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Argentina (14 collections), Chile (1)
Total: 15 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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