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†Thoatherium Ameghino 1887 (placental)

Mammalia - Panameriungulata - Proterotheriidae

Synonyms: Merycodon Mercerat 1891, Rhagodon Mercerat 1891

Parent taxon: Proterotheriidae according to S. F. VizcaĆ­no 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

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Ecology: scansorial herbivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Argentina (15 collections), Bolivia (1), Chile (1)

Total: 17 collections including 19 occurrences

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