Mammalia - Notoungulata - Archaeohyracidae
Alternative combination: Archaeohyrax propheticus
Synonym: Archaeohyrax concentricus Ameghino 1901
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 Archaeotypotherium according to D. A. Croft 2000
See also Ameghino 1897
Sister taxa: Archaeotypotherium pattersoni, Archaeotypotherium tinguiriricaense
Type specimens:
- Archaeotypotherium propheticus: MACN A52-618, symphysis and portion of right horizontal ramus bearing right i1-2, a mandible
- Archaeohyrax concentricus: MACN A52-625, a maxilla (incomplete facial region of skull with left I1-M2 and right I1-M3).
Ecology: scansorial herbivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Argentina (5 collections)
• Tinguirirican of Argentina (1)
• Eocene to Oligocene of Argentina (1)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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