Pleurostylodon modicus Ameghino 1897 (notoungulate)

Mammalia - Notoungulata - Isotemnidae

Synonyms: Anchistrum sulcosum Ameghino 1901, Dialophus simus Ameghino 1901, Dimerostephanos attritus Ameghino 1902, Parastylops coelodus Ameghino 1897, Paratemnus geminatus Ameghino 1904, Pleurostylodon biconus Ameghino 1897, Pleurostylodon divisus Ameghino 1901, Pleurostylodon limpidus Ameghino 1904, Pleurostylodon obscurus Ameghino 1904, Pleurostylodon plexus Ameghino 1901, Pleurostylodon sinuosus Ameghino 1902, Trimerostephanos biconus Ameghino 1897, Tychostylops marculus Ameghino 1901

Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1897. Mammiféres crétacés de l’Argentine (Deuxième contribution à la connaissance de la fauna mammalogique de couches à Pyrotherium) [Cretaceous mammals of Argentina (second contribution to the knowledge of the mammalian fauna of the Pyrotherium Beds)]. Boletin Instituto Geografico Argentino 18(4–9):406-521

Belongs to Pleurostylodon according to G. G. Simpson 1967

See also Ameghino 1897, Ameghino 1901, Ameghino 1902 and Ameghino 1904

Sister taxa: Pleurostylodon bifidus, Pleurostylodon complanatus, Pleurostylodon crassiramis, Pleurostylodon notabilis, Pleurostylodon recticrista, Pleurostylodon similis

Type specimens:

Ecology: scansorial herbivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Argentina (13 collections)

Total: 13 collections including 24 occurrences

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