Mammalia - Panameriungulata - Proterotheriidae
Synonyms: Eulambda Ameghino 1904, Josepholeidya Ameghino 1901
Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1901. Notices préliminaires sur des ongulés nouveaux des terrains crétacés de Patagonie [Preliminary notes on new ungulates from the Cretaceous terrains of Patagonia]. Boletin de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias de Córdoba 16:349-429
Parent taxon: Proterotheriidae according to C. d. Paula Couto 1952
See also Ameghino 1901, Ameghino 1904, Carroll 1988, Cifelli 1983, Simpson 1935, Simpson 1948 and Simpson 1967
Sister taxa: Anisolambda nodulosa, Anisolambdinae, Anisolophus, Brachytherini, Caliphrium, Deuterotherium, Diplasiotherium, Eoauchenia, Eoproterotherium, Eoprotherotherium, Epecuenia, Guilielmofloweria, Heteroglyphis, Lambdaconus, Licaphrops, Lophogododon, Megadolodinae, Mesolicaphrium, Neodolodus, Neolicaphrium, Olisanophus, Paramacrauchenia, Phoradiadius, Picturotherium, Polyacrodon, Prolicaphrium, Promylophis, Proterotheriinae, Proterotherini, Prothoatherium, Ricardolydekkeria, Tetramerorhinus, Thoatherium, Villarroelia, Xesmodon
Subtaxa: Anisolambda amel Anisolambda fissidens Josepholeidya adunca Josepholeidya deculca
Type: Anisolambda fissidens
Ecology: scansorial herbivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Argentina (8 collections)
• Paleocene of Argentina (1)
Total: 9 collections including 13 occurrences
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