†Plesiotypotherium casirense Cerdeño et al. 2012 (notoungulate)
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Mammalia - Notoungulata - Mesotheriidae
Full reference: E. Cerdeño, B. Vera, G. I. Schmidt, F. Pujos, and B. M. Quispe. 2012. An almost complete skeleton of a new Mesotheriidae (Notoungulata) from the Late Miocene of Casira, Bolivia. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 10(2):341-360
Belongs to Plesiotypotherium according to E. Cerdeño et al. 2012
Sister taxa: Plesiotypotherium achirense, Plesiotypotherium minus
Type specimen: MNHN-Bol-V 003724, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Casira, which is in a Montehermosan/Chapadmalalan terrestrial conglomerate in the Casira Formation of Bolivia.
Ecology: scansorial herbivore
Distribution: found only at Casira
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