Mammalia - Notoungulata - Hegetotheriidae
Synonym: Prohegetotherium shumwayi Loomis 1914
Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1897. Mammiféres crétacés de l’Argentine (Deuxième contribution à la connaissance de la fauna mammalogique de couches à Pyrotherium) [Cretaceous mammals of Argentina (second contribution to the knowledge of the mammalian fauna of the Pyrotherium Beds)]. Boletin Instituto Geografico Argentino 18(4–9):406-521
Belongs to Prohegetotherium according to F. D. Seoane et al. 2017
See also Ameghino 1897, Kramarz and Bond 2017, Marshall et al. 1986 and Reguero and Cerdeño 2005
Sister taxa: Prohegetotherium malalhuense, Prohegetotherium schiaffinoi
Type specimens:
- Prohegetotherium sculptum: MACN A 52-443, a maxilla. Its type locality is Deseadan of Patagonia, which is in a Deseadan terrestrial horizon in the Sarmiento Formation of Argentina.
- Prohegetotherium shumwayi: Its type locality is Cabeza Blanca, which is in a Deseadan terrestrial shale/claystone in the Sarmiento Formation of Argentina.
Ecology: scansorial herbivore
Distribution:
• Deseadan of Argentina (7 collections)
Total: 7 collections including 8 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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