Rhyphodon Roth 1899 (notoungulate)

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

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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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