Palaeopeltis tesseratus Ameghino 1902 (edentate)

Mammalia - Cingulata - Palaeopeltidae

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 Palaeopeltis according to G. G. Simpson 1948

See also Ameghino 1902

Sister taxa: Palaeopeltis inornatus, Pseudorophodon kraglievichi

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

Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore

Distribution: found only at Mustersan of Patagonia

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