Thoatherium karaikense Ameghino 1904 (placental)

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 Thoatherium according to F. Ameghino 1904

Sister taxa: Thoatherium bilobatum, Thoatherium crepidatum, Thoatherium minusculum, Thoatherium rhabdodon, Thoatherium velatum

Ecology: scansorial herbivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Thoatherium karaikense in the database

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