Mammalia - Meridiolestida - Mesungulatidae

Full reference: J. F. Bonaparte and M. F. Soria. 1985. Nota sobre el primer mamifero del Cretacico Argentino, Campaniano-Maasrichtiano (Condylartha) [Note on the first mammal from the Argentine Cretaceous, Campanian-Maastrichtian (Condylarthra)]. Ameghiniana 21(2-4):177-183

Belongs to Mesungulatum according to G. W. Rougier et al. 2009

See also Bonaparte 1986, Bonaparte 1990, Bonaparte and Soria 1985 and Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004

Sister taxa: Mesungulatum lamarquensis, Quirogatherium major

Type specimen: Its type locality is Los Alamitos vertebrates, middle section, which is in a Campanian/Maastrichtian lacustrine - large siltstone/sandstone in the Los Alamitos Formation of Argentina

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Los Alamitos vertebrates, middle section

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.