Mammalia - Notoungulata - Mesotheriidae
Alternative combination: Trachytherus mendocensis
Full reference: G. G. Simpson and J. L. Minoprio. 1949. A new adianthine litoptern and associated mammals from a Deseadan faunule in Mendoza, Argentina. American Museum Novitates 1434:1-27
Belongs to Rusconitherium according to E. Cerdeño et al. 2018
See also Simpson and Minoprio 1949 and Simpson et al. 1962
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MCNAM (ex-MHNM) 2494, a set of teeth (right P2-3, M1, part of M2; left P2-M1). Its type locality is Divisadero Largo (Mariño), which is in a Santacrucian terrestrial sandstone in the Mariño Formation of Argentina.
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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