Parastrapotherium crassum Ameghino 1902 (placental)

Mammalia - Astrapotheria - Astrapotheriidae

Belongs to Parastrapotherium according to A. G. Kramarz and M. Bond 2008

Sister taxa: Parastrapotherium ephebicum, Parastrapotherium herculeum, Parastrapotherium holmbergi, Parastrapotherium martiale, Parastrapotherium symmetrum, Parastrapotherium variabile, Parastrapotherium voghti, Loxocoelus carinatus

Type specimen: MACN A 52-526, a set of teeth. Its type locality is Gran Barranca, which is in an Eocene/Miocene terrestrial claystone in the Sarmiento Formation of Argentina.

Ecology: scansorial herbivore

Distribution: found only at Gran Barranca

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