†Rusconitherium Cerdeño et al. 2018 (notoungulate)
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Mammalia - Notoungulata - Mesotheriidae
Full reference: E. Cerdeño, B. Vera, and A. M. Combina. 2018. A new early Miocene Mesotheriidae (Notoungulata) from the Mariño Formation (Argentina): Taxonomic and biostratigraphic implications. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 88:118-131
Parent taxon: Bolivarini according to M. A. Armella and F. Deforel 2023
See also Cerdeño et al. 2018
Sister taxa: Altitypotherium, Eotypotherium, Eutypotherium, Microtypotherium, Typotheriopsis
Subtaxa: Rusconitherium mendocense
Type: Trachytherus mendocensis
Ecology: scansorial herbivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Argentina (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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