Ignigena minisculus Hitz et al. 2006 (notoungulate)

Mammalia - Notoungulata - Interatheriidae

Full reference: R. B. Hitz, J. J. Flynn, and A. R. Wyss. 2006. New Basal Interatheriidae (Typotheria, Notoungulata, Mammalia) from the Paleogene of Central Chile. American Museum Novitates 3520:1-32

Belongs to Ignigena according to R. B. Hitz et al. 2006

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: SGOPV 3168, a maxilla. Its type locality is Tapado, which is in a Casamayoran terrestrial volcaniclastic in the Abanico Formation of Chile.

Ecology: scansorial herbivore

Distribution: found only at Tapado

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