Colpodon distinctus Ameghino 1902 (notoungulate)

Mammalia - Notoungulata - Leontiniidae

Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1902. Première contribution à la connaissance de la fauna mammalogique des couches à Colpodon [First contribution to the knowledge of the mammalian fauna of the Colopdon Beds]. Boletin de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias de Córdoba 17:71-141

Belongs to Colpodon according to F. Ameghino 1902

See also Ribeiro et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Colpodon antucoensis, Colpodon plicatus, Colpodon propinquus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Gran Barranca - southern cliff of lake Colhué Huapí, which is in a Colhuehuapian terrestrial horizon in the Sarmiento Formation of Argentina

Ecology: scansorial herbivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Argentina (6 collections)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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