†Prohegetotherium schiaffinoi Kraglievich 1932 (notoungulate)

Mammalia - Notoungulata - Hegetotheriidae

Alternative combination: Propachyrucos schiaffinoi

Synonyms: Ethegotherium carettei Minoprio 1947, Prohegetotherium carettei Minoprio 1947

Belongs to Prohegetotherium according to F. D. Seoane et al. 2019

See also Cerdeño et al. 2008, López 2002, Reguero and Cerdeño 2005, Seoane et al. 2017, Simpson and Minoprio 1949 and Simpson et al. 1962

Sister taxa: Prohegetotherium malalhuense, Prohegetotherium sculptum

Type specimens:

  • Prohegetotherium schiaffinoi: MNHN-DP-186, a maxilla (partial left maxilla with P2-M2). Its type locality is Santa Lucía Basin, which is in a Deseadan fluvial sandstone in the Fray Bentos Formation of Uruguay.
  • Prohegetotherium carettei: MACN 16609, a skull (skull and jaws). Its type locality is Divisadero Largo (Mariño), which is in a Santacrucian terrestrial sandstone in the Mariño Formation of Argentina.

Ecology: scansorial herbivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Argentina (1 collection)

• Deseadan of Argentina (3), Bolivia (2), Uruguay (1)

• Oligocene to Miocene of Bolivia (1)

Total: 8 collections including 9 occurrences

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