Parastrapotherium variabile Ameghino 1901 (placental)

Mammalia - Astrapotheria - Astrapotheriidae

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 Parastrapotherium according to F. Ameghino 1901

Sister taxa: Parastrapotherium crassum, Parastrapotherium ephebicum, Parastrapotherium herculeum, Parastrapotherium holmbergi, Parastrapotherium martiale, Parastrapotherium symmetrum, Parastrapotherium voghti, Loxocoelus carinatus

Ecology: scansorial herbivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Parastrapotherium variabile in the database

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