Mammalia - Notoungulata - Interatheriidae
Synonym: Paracochilius Bordas 1939 [objective synonym]
Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1902. Première contribution à la connaissance de la fauna mammalogique des couches à Colpodon [First contribution to the knowledge of the mammalian fauna of the Colopdon Beds]. Boletin de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias de Córdoba 17:71-141
Parent taxon: Interatheriidae according to R. L. Carroll 1988
See also Ameghino 1902 and Fernández et al. 2021
Sister taxa: Antofagastia, Argyrohyrax, Fiandraia, Ignigena, Interatheriinae, Interatherium, Johnbell, Miocochilius, Nesciotherium, Patriarchus, Plagiarthus, Progaleopithecus, Protypotherium, Punapithecus
Subtaxa: Cochilius brevirostrus Cochilius fumensis Cochilius minor Cochilius volvens
Type: Cochilius volvens
Ecology: scansorial herbivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Argentina (3 collections)
• Deseadan of Argentina (2)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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