Mammalia - Notoungulata - Archaeopithecidae
Synonyms: Acropithecus plenus Ameghino 1902, Acropithecus rigidus Ameghino 1901, Acropithecus tersus Ameghino 1904, Adpithecus plenus Ameghino 1902, Archaeopithecus alternans Ameghino 1901, Archaeopithecus fossulatus Ameghino 1897, Archaeopithecus rigidus Ameghino 1901, Notopithecus fossulatus Ameghino 1897
Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1897. Mammiféres crétacés de l’Argentine (Deuxième contribution à la connaissance de la fauna mammalogique de couches à Pyrotherium) [Cretaceous mammals of Argentina (second contribution to the knowledge of the mammalian fauna of the Pyrotherium Beds)]. Boletin Instituto Geografico Argentino 18(4–9):406-521
Belongs to Archaeopithecus according to B. Vera 2017
See also Ameghino 1897, Ameghino 1901, Ameghino 1902, Ameghino 1904 and Simpson 1967
Sister taxa: none
Type specimens:
- Archaeopithecus rogeri: MACN-A 10816, a maxilla (maxillary fragment with right P1–M2). 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.
- Acropithecus tersus: MACN-A 10850. Its type locality is Casamayoran of Patagonia, which is in a Casamayoran terrestrial horizon in Argentina.
- Adpithecus plenus: MACN-A 10851a. 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.
- Archaeopithecus alternans: MACN-A 10815, a maxilla. Its type locality is Río Chico Oeste, which is in a Lutetian/Bartonian terrestrial horizon in Argentina.
- Archaeopithecus rigidus: MACN-A 10813, a maxilla. Its type locality is Río Chico Oeste, which is in a Lutetian/Bartonian terrestrial horizon in Argentina.
- Notopithecus fossulatus: MACN-A 10824, a mandible. 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:
• Eocene of Argentina (20 collections)
• Paleocene of Argentina (1)
Total: 21 collections including 24 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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