Pampatemnus infernalis Vucetich and Bond 1982 (notoungulate)

Mammalia - Notoungulata - Isotemnidae

Full reference: M. G. Vucetich and M. Bond. 1982. Los primeros Isotemnidae (Mammalia, Notoungulata) registrados en la FormaciĆ³n Lumbrera (Grupo Salta), del Noroeste Argentino. Ameghiniana 16:1-2-7-18

Belongs to Pampatemnus according to M. G. Vucetich and M. Bond 1982

Sister taxon: Pampatemnus deuteros

Type specimen: MLP 79-XI-22-12, a partial skeleton (Partial skull and fragmentary postcranium). Its type locality is Estancia Pampa Grande, between rivers Toro and Bordo, which is in a Lutetian terrestrial horizon in the Lumbrera Formation of Argentina.

Ecology: scansorial herbivore

Distribution: found only at Estancia Pampa Grande, between rivers Toro and Bordo

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