Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1889. Contribución al conocimiento de los mamíferos fósiles de la República Argentina [Contribution to the knowledge of the fossil mammals of the Argentine Republic]. Actas de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias de la República Argentina en Córdoba 6:xxxii-1027
Parent taxon: Lomaphorini according to J. C. Fernicola 2008
See also Ameghino 1889, Brown 1912, Carroll 1988, Lydekker 1894, McKenna and Bell 1997, Rovereto 1914 and Soibelzon et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Lomaphorops, Peiranoa, Trachycalyptoides
Subtaxa: Lomaphorus chapalmalensis Lomaphorus cingulatus Lomaphorus compressus Lomaphorus corallinus Lomaphorus elegans Lomaphorus elevatus Lomaphorus gracilis Lomaphorus imperfectus Lomaphorus meyeri Lomaphorus paranensis
Type: Hoplophorus imperfectus
Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (5 collections)
• Pliocene of Argentina (2)
• Huayquerian of Argentina (1)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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