Phoradiadius Simpson et al. 1962 (placental)

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

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Type: Phoradiadius divortiensis

Ecology: scansorial herbivore

Distribution: found only at Divisadero Largo (Eocene of Argentina)

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