Metopotoxus Ameghino 1895 (edentate)

Mammalia - Cingulata - Propalaehoplophoridae

Parent taxon: Propalaehoplophoridae according to J. C. Fernicola 2008

See also Carroll 1988 and McKenna and Bell 1997

Sister taxa: Asterostemma, Cochlops, Eucinepeltus, Propalaehoplophorus

Subtaxa: Metopotoxus anceps Metopotoxus laevatus

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Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore

Distribution: found only at Santa Cruz Formation (Miocene of Argentina)

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