Mammalia - Cingulata - Dasypodidae
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 Machlydotherium according to G. G. Simpson 1948
See also Ameghino 1902
Sister taxa: Machlydotherium ater, Machlydotherium intortum, Machlydotherium sparsum
Type specimen: Its type locality is Mustersan of Patagonia, which is in a Mustersan terrestrial horizon in Argentina
Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Argentina (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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