Mammalia - Notoungulata - Interatheriidae
Synonyms: Epipatriarchus Ameghino 1904, Toxodontophanus Moreno 1882
Parent taxon: Interatheriidae according to S. F. Vizcaíno et al. 2022
See also Ameghino 1885, Ameghino 1887, Ameghino 1889, Ameghino 1891, Ameghino 1894, Ameghino 1904, Carroll 1988, Kramarz et al. 2010, Rovereto 1914, Sinclair 1908 and Vera et al. 2019
Sister taxa: Antofagastia, Argyrohyrax, Cochilius, Fiandraia, Ignigena, Interatheriinae, Interatherium, Johnbell, Miocochilius, Nesciotherium, Patriarchus, Plagiarthus, Progaleopithecus, Punapithecus
Subtaxa: Protypotherium antiquum Protypotherium australe Protypotherium claudum Protypotherium colloncurensis Protypotherium columnifer Protypotherium compressidens Protypotherium diastematum Protypotherium distinctum Protypotherium furculosus Protypotherium icochiloides Protypotherium leptocephalus Protypotherium minutum Protypotherium obstructum Protypotherium praerutilum Protypotherium rectus
Ecology: scansorial herbivore
Distribution:
• Huayquerian of Argentina (3 collections), Bolivia (1)
• Miocene of Argentina (70), Bolivia (1), Chile (7)
• Deseadan of Uruguay (1)
Total: 83 collections including 123 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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