Mammalia - Notoungulata - Interatheriidae
Synonym: Protypotherium concepcionensis Solórzano et al. 2019 [objective synonym]
Full reference: B. Vera, M. Reguero, and L. González-Ruiz. 2017. The Interatheriinae notoungulates from the middle Miocene Collón Curá Formation in Argentina. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 62(4):845-863
Belongs to Protypotherium according to B. Vera et al. 2017
See also Fernández et al. 2023 and Solórzano et al. 2019
Sister taxa: Protypotherium antiquum, Protypotherium australe, Protypotherium claudum, Protypotherium columnifer, Protypotherium compressidens, Protypotherium diastematum, Protypotherium distinctum, Protypotherium furculosus, Protypotherium icochiloides, Protypotherium leptocephalus, Protypotherium minutum, Protypotherium obstructum, Protypotherium praerutilum, Protypotherium rectus
Type specimens:
- Protypotherium colloncurensis: MLP 91-IX-4-26, a skull (skull fragmented in several pieces: hemi- palates with right and left M1–3, part of basicranium and posterodorsal fragment of vault). Its type locality is Chico River, which is in a Colloncuran terrestrial sandstone in the Collón Cura Formation of Argentina.
- Protypotherium concepcionensis: SGO.PV.21000, a skull. Its type locality is Puente Tucapel, which is in a Serravallian fluvial sandstone in the Cura-Mallín Formation of Chile.
Ecology: scansorial herbivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Argentina (9 collections), Chile (1)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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