†Pseudhyrax strangulatus Ameghino 1901 (notoungulate)
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Mammalia - Notoungulata - Archaeohyracidae
Alternative combination: Eohyrax strangulatus
Synonym: Trimerostephanos cuneolus Ameghino 1901
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
Sister taxon: Pseudhyrax eutrachytheroides
Type specimens:
- Pseudhyrax strangulatus: MACN 10774, partial right mandible bearing p4-m2, a mandible
- Trimerostephanos cuneolus: Its type locality is Mustersan of Patagonia, which is in a Mustersan terrestrial horizon in Argentina.
Ecology: scansorial herbivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Chile (1 collection)
• Eocene of Argentina (4)
Total: 5 collections including 6 occurrences
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