Mammalia - Panameriungulata - Proterotheriidae

Full reference: B. J. Shockey, E. White, F. Anaya and A. McGrath. 2022. A new proterotheriid (Mammalia, Litopterna) from the Salla Beds of Bolivia (upper Oligocene): phylogeny and litoptern patellar pit knee locks. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 42(2):e2162409

Parent taxon: Proterotheriidae according to B. J. Shockey et al. 2022

Sister taxa: Anisolambda, Anisolambda nodulosa, Anisolambdinae, Anisolophus, Brachytherini, Caliphrium, Deuterotherium, Diplasiotherium, Eoauchenia, Eoproterotherium, Eoprotherotherium, Epecuenia, Guilielmofloweria, Heteroglyphis, Lambdaconus, Licaphrops, Lophogododon, Megadolodinae, Mesolicaphrium, Neodolodus, Neolicaphrium, Olisanophus, Paramacrauchenia, Phoradiadius, Picturotherium, Polyacrodon, Prolicaphrium, Proterotheriinae, Proterotherini, Prothoatherium, Ricardolydekkeria, Tetramerorhinus, Thoatherium, Villarroelia, Xesmodon

Subtaxa: Promylophis cifellii

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Type: Promylophis cifellii

Ecology: scansorial herbivore

Distribution: found only at Calabozo Pata (Red Rodent Level) ( of Bolivia)

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.