Mammalia - Astrapotheria - Astrapotheriidae
Alternative combination: Astraponotus assymmetrum
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 Astraponotus according to G. G. Simpson 1967
See also Ameghino 1901
Sister taxa: Astraponotus dicksoni, Astraponotus dilatatus, Astraponotus holdichi, Astraponotus thompsoni
Type specimen: Its type locality is Colhué Huapí Norte Mustersan, which is in a Bartonian terrestrial horizon in Argentina
Ecology: scansorial herbivore
Distribution: found only at Colhué Huapí Norte Mustersan
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