†family Argyrolagidae Ameghino 1904 (metatherian)

Mammalia - Polydolopimorphia - Argyrolagidae

Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1904. Nuevas especies de mamíferos, cretáceos y terciarios de la República Argentina [New species of mammals, Cretaceous and Tertiarty, from the Argentine Republic]. Anales de la Sociedad Cientifica Argentina 56–58:1-142

Parent taxon: Argyrolagoidea according to G. M. Martin et al. 2024

See also Ameghino 1904, Goin and Abello 2013, Goin et al. 2009 and McKenna and Bell 1997

Sister taxa: Epiklohnia, Patagoniidae, Praedens

Subtaxa: Anargyrolagus Argyrolagus Hondalagus Klohnia Microtragulus Proargyrolagus Zeballolagus

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Ecology: scansorial omnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Argentina (2 collections)

• Pliocene of Argentina (13), Bolivia (3)

• Huayquerian of Argentina (6)

• Miocene of Argentina (7), Bolivia (2), Peru (1)

• Deseadan of Bolivia (3)

• Oligocene of Chile (1), Peru (3)

• Tinguirirican of Argentina (1)

• Eocene of Peru (1)

Total: 43 collections including 46 occurrences

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