Ferugliotherium windhauseni Bonaparte 1986 (mammal)

Mammalia - Allotheria

Synonym: Vucetichia gracilis Bonaparte 1990

Full reference: J. F. Bonaparte. 1986. Sobre Mesungulatum houusayi y nuevos mamíferos Cretácicos de Patagonia, Argentina [On Mesungulatum houssayi and new Cretaceous mammals from Patagonia, Argentina]. Actas del IV Congreso Argentino de Paleontología y Biostratigrafía 2:48-61

Belongs to Ferugliotherium according to D. W. Krause 1993

See also Bonaparte 1986, Bonaparte 1990, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004 and Krause et al. 1992

Sister taxa: none

Type specimens:

  • Ferugliotherium windhauseni: MACN-RN 20, a tooth (right m2). 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.
  • Vucetichia gracilis: MACN-RN 174, a tooth (worn right m1). Its type locality is Cerrito del Mamifero, which is in a Campanian/Maastrichtian lacustrine - large lime mudstone in the Los Alamitos Formation of Argentina.

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Argentina (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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