Mammalia - Notoungulata - Isotemnidae
Alternative combination: Isotemnus distentus
Synonyms: Isotemnus lophiodontoides Ameghino 1901, Toxotemnus lophiodontoides Ameghino 1901
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 Anisotemnus according to G. G. Simpson 1967
See also Ameghino 1901, Ameghino 1902 and Ameghino 1904
Sister taxa: none
Type specimens:
- Anisotemnus distentus: Its type locality is Pico Salamanca (Barrancan), which is in a Bartonian terrestrial horizon in Argentina
- Isotemnus lophiodontoides: Its type locality is Río Chico Oeste, which is in a Lutetian/Bartonian terrestrial horizon in Argentina.
Distribution:
• Tinguirirican of Argentina (1 collection)
• Eocene of Argentina (5)
Total: 6 collections including 7 occurrences
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