Polymorphis alius Ameghino 1901 (placental)

Mammalia - Panameriungulata - Macraucheniidae

Alternative combination: Lambdaconus alius

Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1901. Notices préliminaires sur des ongulés nouveaux des terrains crétacés de Patagonie [Preliminary notes on new ungulates from the Cretaceous terrains of Patagonia]. Boletin de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias de Córdoba 16:349-429

Belongs to Polymorphis according to G. G. Simpson 1948

See also Ameghino 1901 and Gelfo 2010

Sister taxa: Polymorphis lechei, Polymorphis planus

Ecology: scansorial herbivore

Distribution: found only at Mustersan of Patagonia (Eocene of Argentina)

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.