Heteroglyphis Roth 1899 (placental)

Mammalia - Panameriungulata - Proterotheriidae

Full reference: S. Roth. 1899. Aviso preliminar sobre mamíferos mesozóicos encontrados en Patagonia [Preliminary notice on Mesozoic mammals found in Patagonia]. Revista del Museo de La Plata 9:381-388

Parent taxon: Proterotheriidae according to G. G. Simpson 1948

See also Carroll 1988, Cifelli 1983 and Roth 1899

Sister taxa: Anisolambda, Anisolambda nodulosa, Anisolambdinae, Anisolophus, Brachytherini, Caliphrium, Deuterotherium, Diplasiotherium, Eoauchenia, Eoproterotherium, Eoprotherotherium, Epecuenia, Guilielmofloweria, Lambdaconus, Licaphrops, Lophogododon, Megadolodinae, Mesolicaphrium, Neodolodus, Neolicaphrium, Olisanophus, Paramacrauchenia, Phoradiadius, Picturotherium, Polyacrodon, Prolicaphrium, Promylophis, Proterotheriinae, Proterotherini, Prothoatherium, Ricardolydekkeria, Tetramerorhinus, Thoatherium, Villarroelia, Xesmodon

Subtaxa: Heteroglyphis dewoletzky

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Type: Heteroglyphis dewoletzky

Ecology: scansorial herbivore

Distribution: found only at Lago Musters (Eocene of Argentina)

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