Mammalia - Notoungulata - Mesotheriidae
Full reference: B. J. Shockey, G. Billet, and R. Salas-Gismondi. 2016. A new species of Trachytherus (Notoungulata: Mesotheriidae) from the late Oligocene (Deseadan) of Southern Peru and the middle latitude diversification of early diverging mesotheriids. Zootaxa 4111(5):565-583
Belongs to Trachytherus according to B. J. Shockey et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Trachytherus alloxus, Trachytherus spegazzinianus, Trachytherus subandinus, Eutrachytherus modestus
Type specimen: MUSM 350, a skull. Its type locality is Cerro Pan de Azúcar, which is in a Deseadan terrestrial horizon in the Upper Moquegua Formation of Peru.
Ecology: scansorial herbivore
Distribution: found only at Cerro Pan de Azúcar
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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