†Liarthrus copei Ameghino 1894 (placental)
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Mammalia - Astrapotheria - Astrapotheriidae
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
Belongs to Liarthrus according to A. G. Kramarz and M. Bond 2008
See also Ameghino 1894 and Ameghino 1897
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MACN A 52-406, a partial skeleton (Astragalus and tooth). Its type locality is La Flecha, which is in a Deseadan terrestrial mudstone in the Deseado Formation of Argentina.
Ecology: scansorial herbivore
Distribution:
• Deseadan of Argentina (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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