†suborder Pyrotheria Ameghino 1895 (placental)

Mammalia - Pyrotheria

Parent taxon: Sudamericungulata according to L. S. Avilla and D. Mothé 2021

See also Carroll 1988, Gregory 1910, McKenna 1975, McKenna and Bell 1997 and Simpson 1945

Sister taxa: Astrapotheria, Notoungulata, Xenungulata

Subtaxa: Carolozittelia Griphodon Pyrotheridae Pyrotheriidae

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Ecology: scansorial herbivore

Distribution:

• Deseadan of Argentina (10 collections), Bolivia (5)

• Oligocene of Peru (8)

• Eocene to Oligocene of Peru (1)

• Eocene of Argentina (12), Colombia (1), Peru (3), Venezuela (1)

Total: 41 collections including 47 occurrences

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