Mammalia - Notoungulata - Notohippidae
Alternative combination: Trimerostephanus sigma
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 Puelia according to M. Bond and G. M. López 1993
Sister taxa: Puelia coarctatus, Puelia plicata
Type specimen: MACN 10967, partial left mandible bearing worn m1-3, a mandible. Its type locality is Mustersan of Patagonia, which is in a Mustersan terrestrial horizon in Argentina.
Ecology: scansorial herbivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Argentina (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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