Mammalia - Panameriungulata - Proterotheriidae
Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1897. Mammiféres crétacés de l’Argentine (Deuxième contribution à la connaissance de la fauna mammalogique de couches à Pyrotherium) [Cretaceous mammals of Argentina (second contribution to the knowledge of the mammalian fauna of the Pyrotherium Beds)]. Boletin Instituto Geografico Argentino 18(4–9):406-521
Parent taxon: Anisolambdinae according to R. Cifelli 1983
See also Ameghino 1897, Carroll 1988 and Scott 1913
Sister taxon: Paranisolambda
Subtaxa: Protheosodon coniferus
Type: Protheosodon coniferus
Ecology: scansorial herbivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Colombia (1 collection)
• Deseadan of Argentina (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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