Hoffstetterius imperator Saint-André 1993 (notoungulate)

Mammalia - Notoungulata - Toxodontidae

Full reference: P.-A. Saint-André. 1993. Hoffstetterius imperator n. g., n. sp. du Miocène supérieur de l'Altiplano boliviene et le status des Dinotoxodontinés (Mammalia, Notoungulata). Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences, series II 316:539-545

Belongs to Hoffstetterius according to P.-A. Saint-André 1993

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MNHN ACH 1, a partial skeleton (incomplete skull, axis, right humerus, left and right radius, partial left ulna, left femur). Its type locality is Achiri, which is in a Tortonian terrestrial sandstone in the Mauri Formation of Bolivia.

Ecology: scansorial herbivore

Distribution: found only at Achiri

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