Mammalia - Notoungulata - Leontiniidae
Full reference: A. M. Ribeiro, G. M. López, and M. Bond. 2010. The Leontiniidae (Mammalia, Notoungulata) from the Sarmiento Formation at Gran Barranca, Chubut Province, Argentina. The Paleontology of Gran Barranca: Evolution and Environmental Change through the Middle Cenozoic of Patagonia 170-181
Belongs to Scarrittia according to A. M. Ribeiro et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Scarrittia canquelensis, Scarrittia robusta
Type specimen: MPEF-PV 7753, a partial skull (incomplete skull with right I3-C, P2-M2, alveoli of I1-2, C, P1; left P2-4 and alveoli for I1-3, C, P1). Its type locality is La Cantera, which is in a Rupelian terrestrial horizon in the Sarmiento Formation of Argentina.
Ecology: scansorial herbivore
Distribution:
• Deseadan of Argentina (1 collection)
• Oligocene of Argentina (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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