Antofagastia turneri García López and Babot 2015 (notoungulate)

Mammalia - Notoungulata - Interatheriidae

Full reference: D. A. García López and M. J. Babot. 2015. Notoungulate faunas of north-western Argentina: new findings of early-diverging forms from the Eocene Geste Formation. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 13(7):557-579

Belongs to Antofagastia according to D. A. García López and M. J. Babot 2015

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MHAS 003, a maxilla (Fragment of left maxilla preserving most of the zygomatic process, the orbital process, and dentition; it includes an incomplete P4, almost complete M1, and com). Its type locality is Antofagasta de la Sierra, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial sandstone/conglomerate in the Geste Formation of Argentina.

Ecology: scansorial herbivore

Distribution: found only at Antofagasta de la Sierra

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