Mammalia - Notoungulata - Archaeohyracidae

Synonyms: Degonia kollmanni Roth 1902, Pseudopithecus modestus Roth 1902, Rankelia elegans Roth 1902

Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1901. Notices préliminaires sur des ongulés nouveaux des terrains crétacés de Patagonie [Preliminary notes on new ungulates from the Cretaceous terrains of Patagonia]. Boletin de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias de Córdoba 16:349-429

Belongs to Pseudhyrax according to G. G. Simpson 1967

See also Ameghino 1901 and Roth 1902

Sister taxon: Pseudhyrax strangulatus

Type specimens:

• Pseudhyrax eutrachytheroides: MACN A-11662. Its type locality is Mustersan of Patagonia, which is in a Mustersan terrestrial horizon in Argentina.
• Degonia kollmanni: MLP 12-2199, a set of teeth (Three upper molars). Its type locality is Lago Musters, which is in a Mustersan terrestrial horizon in Argentina.
• Pseudopithecus modestus: MLP 12-2200, a maxilla (fragment of right maxilla with three teeth, probably dP2-4). Its type locality is Lago Musters, which is in a Mustersan terrestrial horizon in Argentina.
• Rankelia elegans: MLP 12-2286, a tooth (isolated right upper molar, deeply worn, perhaps M2). Its type locality is Lago Musters, which is in a Mustersan terrestrial horizon in Argentina.

Ecology: scansorial herbivore

Distribution:

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