Colpodon plicatus Ameghino 1904 (notoungulate)

Mammalia - Notoungulata - Leontiniidae

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 Colpodon according to F. Ameghino 1904

See also Ribeiro et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Colpodon antucoensis, Colpodon distinctus, Colpodon propinquus

Ecology: scansorial herbivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Colpodon plicatus in the database

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