Mammalia - Notoungulata - Archaeohyracidae
Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1904. Nuevas especies de mamíferos, cretáceos y terciarios de la República Argentina [New species of mammals, Cretaceous and Tertiarty, from the Argentine Republic]. Anales de la Sociedad Cientifica Argentina 56–58:1-142
Belongs to Eohyrax according to G. G. Simpson 1967
See also Ameghino 1904
Sister taxa: Eohyrax brachyodus, Eohyrax platyodus, Eohyrax praerusticus, Eohyrax rusticus
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:
• Eocene of Argentina (5 collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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