Xenostephanus chiottii Simpson et al. 1962 (notoungulate)

Mammalia - Notoungulata - Oldfieldthomasiidae

Full reference: G. G. Simpson, J. L. Minoprio, and B. Patterson. 1962. The mammalian fauna of the Divisadero Largo Formation, Mendoza, Argentina. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 127(4):239-293

Belongs to Xenostephanus according to G. G. Simpson et al. 1962

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: AMNH 45947, a partial skull (partial skull and jaws with right C, P1-4, M1-2, left C, P1-4, M2-3; right c, p1-4, m1-3; left c, p1-4). Its type locality is Divisadero Largo, which is in a Divisaderan terrestrial horizon in the Divisadero Largo Formation of Argentina.

Ecology: scansorial herbivore

Distribution: found only at Divisadero Largo

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