Eopachyrucos pliciformis Simpson 1967 (notoungulate)

Mammalia - Notoungulata - Interatheriidae

Synonym: Eopachyrucos pliciferus Ameghino 1901 [objective synonym]

Belongs to Eopachyrucos according to G. G. Simpson 1967

See also Ameghino 1901, Hitz et al. 2000, Reguero and Prevosti 2010 and Solórzano and Núñez-Flores 2021

Sister taxon: Eopachyrucos ranchoverdensis

Type specimens:

  • Eopachyrucos pliciformis: Its type locality is Mustersan of Patagonia, which is in a Mustersan terrestrial horizon in Argentina
  • Eopachyrucos pliciferus: MACN A55-12, isolated left M1 or M2, a tooth. Its type locality is Cañadón Blanco, which is in an Oligocene terrestrial horizon in Argentina.

Ecology: scansorial herbivore

Distribution:

• Oligocene of Argentina (5 collections)

• Tinguirirican of Argentina (1)

• Eocene of Argentina (1)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.