Proargyrolagus Wolff 1984 (metatherian)

Mammalia - Polydolopimorphia - Argyrolagidae

Full reference: R. G. Wolff. 1984. A new early Oligocene Argyrolagid (Mammalia: Marsupialia) from Salla, Bolivia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 4(1):108-113

Parent taxon: Argyrolagidae according to F. J. Goin and M. A. Abello 2013

See also Abello and Candela 2020, Goin et al. 2009 and McKenna and Bell 1997

Sister taxa: Anargyrolagus, Argyrolagus, Hondalagus, Klohnia, Microtragulus, Zeballolagus

Subtaxa: Proargyrolagus argentinus Proargyrolagus bolivianus

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Ecology: scansorial omnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Argentina (1 collection)

• Deseadan of Bolivia (3)

• Oligocene of Peru (3)

• Eocene of Peru (1)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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