Mesolicaphrium sanalfonense Cifelli and Guerrero Diaz 1997 (placental)

Mammalia - Panameriungulata - Proterotheriidae

Alternative combination: Prolicaphrium sanalfonensis

Full reference: R. L. Cifelli and J. Guerrero Diaz. 1997. Litopterns. Vertebrate Paleontology in the Neotropics. The Miocene fauna of La Venta, Colombia 289-302

Belongs to Mesolicaphrium according to A. McGrath et al. 2020

See also Cifelli and Guerrero Diaz 1997

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: IGM 182852, a mandible (Shymphysis and right ramus of mandible with i2 and p2-m3)

Ecology: scansorial herbivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Colombia (4 collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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