†Arminiheringia auceta Ameghino 1902 (metatherian)
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Mammalia - Sparassodonta - Proborhyaenidae
Synonyms: Arminiheringia contigua Ameghino 1904, Arminiheringia cultrata Ameghino 1902, Dilestes dilobus Ameghino 1902
Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1902. Notices préliminaires sur des mammifères nouveaux des terrains Crétacé de Patagonie {preliminary notes on new mammals from the Cretaceous terrains of Patagonia]. Boletin de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias de Córdoba 17:5-70
Belongs to Arminiheringia according to L. G. Marshall 1978
See also Ameghino 1902, Ameghino 1904 and Simpson 1948
Sister taxa: none
Type specimens:
- Arminiheringia auceta: Its type locality is Colhué Huapí Norte, which is in a Bartonian terrestrial horizon in Argentina
- Arminiheringia contigua: Its type locality is Barranca south of Lago Colhue-Huapi, Gran Barranca, which is in a Bartonian terrestrial claystone in the Sarmiento Formation of Argentina.
- Arminiheringia cultrata: Its type locality is Barranca south of Lago Colhue-Huapi, Gran Barranca, which is in a Bartonian terrestrial claystone in the Sarmiento Formation of Argentina.
- Dilestes dilobus: Its type locality is Barranca south of Lago Colhue-Huapi, Gran Barranca, which is in a Bartonian terrestrial claystone in the Sarmiento Formation of Argentina.
Ecology: scansorial carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Argentina (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections including 5 occurrences
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