Mammalia - Panameriungulata - Proterotheriidae
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 Proterotherium according to F. Ameghino 1904
Sister taxa: Proterotherium acer, Proterotherium americanum, Proterotherium australe, Proterotherium brachygnathum, Proterotherium browni, Proterotherium cavum, Proterotherium cervioides, Proterotherium cingulatum, Proterotherium curtidens, Proterotherium dichotomum, Proterotherium divortium, Proterotherium dogei, Proterotherium intermedium, Proterotherium karaikense, Proterotherium mixtum, Proterotherium nitens, Proterotherium perpolitum, Proterotherium principale, Proterotherium pyramidatum, Proterotherium simplicidens, Diadiaphorus robustus, Diadiaphorus minusculus, Diadiaphorus velox, Diadiaphorus sanctaecrucis, Diadiaphorus eversus, Diadiaphorus majusculus, Diadiaphorus diplinthius, Diadiaphorus coelops, Diadiaphorus caniadensis, Epitherium laternarium, Tichodon quadrilobus, Heptaconus acer
Ecology: scansorial herbivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Proterotherium politum in the database
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