Propachyrucos Ameghino 1897 (notoungulate)

Mammalia - Notoungulata - Hegetotheriidae

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: Pachyrukhinae according to F. D. Seoane et al. 2023

See also Ameghino 1897, Carroll 1988, Seoane et al. 2019 and Seoane et al. 2017

Sister taxa: Medistylus, Pachyrukhini, Prosotherium

Subtaxa: Propachyrucos smithwoodwardi

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Type: Propachyrucos smithwoodwardi

Ecology: scansorial herbivore

Distribution: found only at Laguna de los Machos ( of Argentina)

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