Griphotherion García López and Powell 2011 (notoungulate)

Mammalia - Notoungulata

Full reference: D. A. García López and J. E. Powell. 2011. Griphotherion peiranoi, gen. et sp. nov., a new Eocene Notoungulata (Mammalia, Meridiungulata) from northwestern Argentina. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 31(5):1117-1130

Parent taxon: Typotheria according to D. A. García López and J. E. Powell 2011

Sister taxa: Campanorcidae, Eutrachytheriidae, Hegetotheriidae, Hemihegetotheriidae, Interatheriidae, Mesotheriidae, Protypotheriidae, Typotheriidae, Typotherioidea

Subtaxa: Griphotherion peiranoi

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Type: Griphotherion peiranoi

Ecology: scansorial herbivore

Distribution: found only at El Simbolar (lower Lumbrera) (Eocene of Argentina)

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