Protypotherium rectus Ameghino 1891 (notoungulate)

Mammalia - Notoungulata - Interatheriidae

Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1891. Nuevos restos de mamíferos fósiles descubiertos por Carlos Ameghino en el Eoceno inferior de la Patagonia austral. – Especies nuevas, adiciones y correcciones [New remains of fossil mammals discovered by Carlos Ameghino in the lower Eocene of southern Patagonia. – New species, additions, and corrections]. Revista Argentina de Historia Natural 1:289-328

Belongs to Protypotherium according to M. Fernández et al. 2019

Sister taxa: Protypotherium antiquum, Protypotherium australe, Protypotherium claudum, Protypotherium colloncurensis, Protypotherium columnifer, Protypotherium compressidens, Protypotherium diastematum, Protypotherium distinctum, Protypotherium furculosus, Protypotherium icochiloides, Protypotherium leptocephalus, Protypotherium minutum, Protypotherium obstructum, Protypotherium praerutilum

Ecology: scansorial herbivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Protypotherium rectus in the database

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