Mammalia - Panameriungulata - Proterotheriidae
Synonyms: Merycodon Mercerat 1891, Rhagodon Mercerat 1891
Parent taxon: Proterotheriidae according to S. F. Vizcaíno et al. 2022
See also Ameghino 1891, Ameghino 1894, Carroll 1988, de Blanchini and Blanchini 1971 and Scott 1913
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, Phoradiadius, Picturotherium, Polyacrodon, Prolicaphrium, Promylophis, Proterotheriinae, Proterotherini, Prothoatherium, Ricardolydekkeria, Tetramerorhinus, Villarroelia, Xesmodon
Subtaxa: Thoatherium bilobatum Thoatherium crepidatum Thoatherium karaikense Thoatherium minusculum Thoatherium rhabdodon Thoatherium velatum
Ecology: scansorial herbivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Argentina (15 collections), Bolivia (1), Chile (1)
Total: 17 collections including 19 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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