Xesmodon langi Roth 1899 (placental)

Mammalia - Panameriungulata - Proterotheriidae

Alternative combination: Glyphodon langi

Full reference: S. Roth. 1899. Aviso preliminar sobre mamíferos mesozóicos encontrados en Patagonia [Preliminary notice on Mesozoic mammals found in Patagonia]. Revista del Museo de La Plata 9:381-388

Belongs to Xesmodon according to G. G. Simpson 1948

See also Roth 1899

Sister taxon: Xesmodon prolixus

Type specimen: skull with last two molars, a partial skull. Its type locality is Lago Musters, which is in a Mustersan terrestrial horizon in Argentina.

Ecology: scansorial herbivore

Distribution: found only at Cañadón Colorado

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