Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Pyrotheriidae

Full reference: B. Patterson. 1977. A primitive pyrothere (Mammalia, Notoungulata) from the early Tertiary of Northwestern Venezuela. Fieldiana Geology 33(22):397-422

Parent taxon: Colombitheriidae according to B. Patterson 1977

See also Carroll 1988 and McKenna and Bell 1997

Sister taxa: Baguatherium, Colombitherium, Promoeritherium, Promoeritherium australe, Propyrotherium, Ricardowenia

Subtaxa: Proticia venezuelensis

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Type: Proticia venezuelensis

Ecology: scansorial herbivore

Distribution: found only at Head of Quebrada Agua Viva (Eocene of Venezuela)

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