Mammalia - Notoungulata - Hegetotheriidae
Full reference: M. A. Reguero, A. M. Candela, C. I. Galli, R. Bonini, and D. Voglino. 2015. A new hypsodont notoungulate (Hegetotheriidae, Pachyrukhinae) from the late Miocene of the Eastern Cordillera, Salta province, northwest of Argentina. Andean Geology 42(1):56-70
Belongs to Paedotherium according to M. A. Reguero et al. 2015
See also Vera and Ercoli 2018
Sister taxa: Paedotherium bonaerense, Paedotherium borrelloi, Paedotherium dolichognathus, Paedotherium ictus, Paedotherium minor, Paedotherium typicum
Type specimen: S.Sal.Scar.Paleo.2012-045, a mandible (right mandibular fragment with p4-m3). Its type locality is Quebrada Peñas Blancas, which is in a Miocene fluvial sandstone in the Palo Pintado Formation of Argentina.
Ecology: scansorial herbivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Argentina (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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