Mammalia - Notoungulata - Hegetotheriidae
Full reference: E. Cerdeño and M. Reguero. 2015. The Hegetotheriidae (Mammalia, Notoungulata) assemblage from the late Oligocene of Mendoza, central-western Argentina. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 35(2):e907173:1-14
Belongs to Prohegetotherium according to F. D. Seoane et al. 2017
See also Cerdeño and Reguero 2015
Sister taxa: Prohegetotherium schiaffinoi, Prohegetotherium sculptum
Type specimen: MCNAM-PV 3848, a maxilla. Its type locality is Quebrada Fiera (north side of the ravine), which is in a Deseadan terrestrial tuff in the Agua de la Piedra Formation of Argentina.
Ecology: scansorial herbivore
Distribution: found only at Quebrada Fiera (north side of the ravine)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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