Archaeohyracotherium mediale Ameghino 1902 (placental)

Mammalia - Panameriungulata - Didolodontidae

Alternative combination: Prohyracotherium medialis

Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1902. Notices préliminaires sur des mammifères nouveaux des terrains Crétacé de Patagonie {preliminary notes on new mammals from the Cretaceous terrains of Patagonia]. Boletin de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias de Córdoba 17:5-70

Belongs to Archaeohyracotherium according to G. G. Simpson 1948

See also Ameghino 1902

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Río Chico Oeste, which is in a Lutetian/Bartonian terrestrial horizon in Argentina

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Río Chico Oeste

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