Trimerostephanos coalitus Ameghino 1901 (notoungulate)

Mammalia - Notoungulata - Isotemnidae

Alternative combination: Acoelohyrax coalitus

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 Trimerostephanos according to M. Bond and G. M. López 1993

See also Ameghino 1901 and Simpson 1967

Sister taxa: Trimerostephanos coarctatus, Trimerostephanos scabrus, Trimerostephanos scalaris

Type specimen: Its type locality is Mustersan of Patagonia, which is in a Mustersan terrestrial horizon in Argentina

Ecology: scansorial herbivore

Distribution: found only at Mustersan of Patagonia

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