Mammalia - Notoungulata - Interatheriidae
Amended Diagnosis: Cochilius brevirostrus differs from C. volvens and C. fumensis by exhibiting P2 with a small central fossette after the lingual union of the protoloph and metaloph; M13 with parastyle usually labially projected beyond the paracone and metacone; M12 with the protoloph more developed than the metaloph; and M3 with disto-lingual notch. Cochilius brevirostrus differs from C. fumensis by the presence of continuous dentition (Fernández et al. 2021).
Alternative combination: Cochilius brevirostris
Synonyms: Paracochilius chubutensis Bordas 1939 [objective synonym], Protypotherium minor Bordas 1939 [objective synonym]
Belongs to Cochilius according to A. F. Bordas 1939
See also Kramarz et al. 2015 and Pascual and Rivas 1971
Sister taxa: Cochilius fumensis, Cochilius minor, Cochilius volvens
Type specimens:
- Cochilius brevirostrus: MACN-PV 11745, a partial skull (Incomplete skull with badly preserved right and left I3–dP1–P2–M3)
- Paracochilius chubutensis:
- Protypotherium minor: MACN Pv 11742.
Ecology: scansorial herbivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Cochilius brevirostrus in the database
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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