Lophocoelus Ameghino 1904 (notoungulate)

Mammalia - Notoungulata - Isotemnidae

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: Isotemnidae according to F. Ameghino 1904

Sister taxa: Acoelohyrax, Anisotemnus, Calodontotherium, Coelostylodon, Colhuapia, Colhuapia rosei, Colhuelia, Distylophorus, Eurystephanodon crassatus, Interhippus deflexus, Isotemnus, Lafkenia, Lafkenia schmidti, Lafkenia sulcifera, Pampatemnus, Pehuenia magna, Pelurocoelodon, Pleurocoelodon, Pleurostylodon, Rhyphodon, Thomashuxleya, Thomashuxleya principialis, Trigonolophodon modicus, Trimerostephanos

Subtaxa: Lophocoelus macrostomus

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Type: Lophocoelus macrostomus

Ecology: scansorial herbivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Lophocoelus in the database

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