Progaleopithecus Ameghino 1904 (notoungulate)

Mammalia - Notoungulata - Interatheriidae

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

Parent taxon: Interatheriidae according to B. Vera et al. 2017

See also Ameghino 1904

Sister taxa: Antofagastia, Argyrohyrax, Cochilius, Fiandraia, Ignigena, Interatheriinae, Interatherium, Johnbell, Miocochilius, Nesciotherium, Patriarchus, Plagiarthus, Protypotherium, Punapithecus

Subtaxa: Progaleopithecus fissurellatus Progaleopithecus tournoueri

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Type: Progaleopithecus fissurellatus

Ecology: scansorial herbivore

Distribution:

• Deseadan of Argentina (6 collections)

• Oligocene of Argentina (1)

Total: 7 collections including 9 occurrences

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