Acoelodus proclivus Ameghino 1902 (notoungulate)

Mammalia - Notoungulata

Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1902. Notices préliminaires sur des mammifères nouveaux des terrains Crétacé de Patagonie {preliminary notes on new mammals from the Cretaceous terrains of Patagonia]. Boletin de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias de Córdoba 17:5-70

Belongs to Acoelodus according to F. Ameghino 1902

See also Simpson 1967

Sister taxa: Acoelodus debilitatus, Acoelodus oppositus, Acoelodus terminalis

Type specimen: 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

Ecology: scansorial herbivore

Distribution: found only at Barranca south of Lago Colhue-Huapi, Gran Barranca

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