Mammalia - Panameriungulata - Proterotheriidae
Alternative spelling: Phoradiadus
Full reference: G. G. Simpson, J. L. Minoprio, and B. Patterson. 1962. The mammalian fauna of the Divisadero Largo Formation, Mendoza, Argentina. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 127(4):239-293
Parent taxon: Proterotheriidae according to G. G. Simpson et al. 1962
See also Carroll 1988, Cifelli 1983 and López 2010
Sister taxa: Anisolambda, Anisolambda nodulosa, Anisolambdinae, Anisolophus, Brachytherini, Caliphrium, Deuterotherium, Diplasiotherium, Eoauchenia, Eoproterotherium, Eoprotherotherium, Epecuenia, Guilielmofloweria, Heteroglyphis, Lambdaconus, Licaphrops, Lophogododon, Megadolodinae, Mesolicaphrium, Neodolodus, Neolicaphrium, Olisanophus, Paramacrauchenia, Picturotherium, Polyacrodon, Prolicaphrium, Promylophis, Proterotheriinae, Proterotherini, Prothoatherium, Ricardolydekkeria, Tetramerorhinus, Thoatherium, Villarroelia, Xesmodon
Subtaxa: Phoradiadius divortiensis
Type: Phoradiadius divortiensis
Ecology: scansorial herbivore
Distribution: found only at Divisadero Largo (Eocene of Argentina)
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