†Transpithecus obtentus Ameghino 1901 (notoungulate)
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Mammalia - Notoungulata - Notopithecidae
Synonyms: Acoelodus connectus Ameghino 1901, Patriarchippus annectens Ameghino 1904
Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1901. Notices préliminaires sur des ongulés nouveaux des terrains crétacés de Patagonie [Preliminary notes on new ungulates from the Cretaceous terrains of Patagonia]. Boletin de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias de Córdoba 16:349-429
Belongs to Transpithecus according to B. Vera 2012
See also Ameghino 1901, Reguero and Prevosti 2010, Simpson 1967 and Vera 2013
Sister taxa: none
Type specimens:
- Transpithecus obtentus: Its type locality is Barranca south of Lago Colhue-Huapi, Gran Barranca, which is in a Bartonian terrestrial claystone in the Sarmiento Formation of Argentina
- Acoelodus connectus: MACN-A 10747a, a mandible. Its type locality is Río Chico Oeste, which is in a Lutetian/Bartonian terrestrial horizon in Argentina.
- Patriarchippus annectens: MACN 10691, a maxilla (part of left maxilla with M1-2). Its type locality is Casamayoran of Patagonia, which is in a Casamayoran terrestrial horizon in Argentina.
Ecology: scansorial herbivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Argentina (9 collections)
Total: 9 collections including 10 occurrences
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