Mammalia - Notoungulata - Hegetotheriidae
Alternative combination: Phanophilus dorsatus
Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1904. Nuevas especies de mamíferos, cretáceos y terciarios de la República Argentina [New species of mammals, Cretaceous and Tertiarty, from the Argentine Republic]. Anales de la Sociedad Cientifica Argentina 56–58:1-142
Belongs to Medistylus according to M. A. Reguero et al. 2007
See also Ameghino 1904
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Its type locality is Cabeza Blanca, which is in a Deseadan terrestrial shale/claystone in the Sarmiento Formation of Argentina
Ecology: scansorial herbivore
Distribution:
• Deseadan of Argentina (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections including 3 occurrences
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