Mammalia - Notoungulata - Toxodontidae
Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1894. Sur les oiseaux fossiles de Patagonie; et la faune mammalogique des couches à Pyrotherium. Boletin del Instituto Geographico Argentino 15:501-660
Parent taxon: Toxodontidae according to S. Hernández Del Pino et al. 2017
See also Ameghino 1897 and Chaffee 1952
Sister taxa: Alitoxodon, Charruatoxodon, Dilobodon, Dinotoxodontinae, Hemixotodon, Hyperoxotodon, Mixotoxodon, Morphippus corrugatus, Nesodonopsis, Nesodontinae, Ocnerotherium, Oriadubitherium, Palaeotoxodon, Palyeidodon, Paratrigodon, Pisanodon, Posnanskytherium, Prototrigodon, Stenotephanos, Toxodon, Toxodontinae, Xotodon
Subtaxa: Proadinotherium angustidens Proadinotherium leptognathum Proadinotherium muensteri Proadinotherium saltoni
Ecology: scansorial herbivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Argentina (2 collections), Colombia (1)
• Deseadan of Argentina (2), Bolivia (1)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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