Mammalia - Notoungulata - Isotemnidae
Synonyms: Pehuenia Roth 1902, Setebos Roth 1902
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
Parent taxon: Isotemnidae according to G. G. Simpson 1967
See also Carroll 1988 and Roth 1899
Sister taxa: Acoelohyrax, Anisotemnus, Calodontotherium, Coelostylodon, Colhuapia, Colhuapia rosei, Colhuelia, Distylophorus, Eurystephanodon crassatus, Interhippus deflexus, Isotemnus, Lafkenia, Lafkenia schmidti, Lafkenia sulcifera, Lophocoelus, Pampatemnus, Pehuenia magna, Pelurocoelodon, Pleurocoelodon, Pleurostylodon, Thomashuxleya, Thomashuxleya principialis, Trigonolophodon modicus, Trimerostephanos
Subtaxa: Rhyphodon angusticephalus Rhyphodon lankesteri
Type: Rhyphodon lankesteri
Ecology: scansorial herbivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Chile (1 collection)
• Eocene of Argentina (4)
Total: 5 collections including 9 occurrences
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