Mammalia - Panameriungulata - Proterotheriidae
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
Parent taxon: Proterotheriidae according to M. F. Soria 2001
See also Ameghino 1897, Kramarz and Bond 2005, Scott 1913 and Simpson 1967
Sister taxa: Anisolambda, Anisolambda nodulosa, Anisolambdinae, Anisolophus, Brachytherini, Caliphrium, Deuterotherium, Diplasiotherium, Eoauchenia, Eoproterotherium, Eoprotherotherium, Epecuenia, Guilielmofloweria, Heteroglyphis, Licaphrops, Lophogododon, Megadolodinae, Mesolicaphrium, Neodolodus, Neolicaphrium, Olisanophus, Paramacrauchenia, Phoradiadius, Picturotherium, Polyacrodon, Prolicaphrium, Promylophis, Proterotheriinae, Proterotherini, Prothoatherium, Ricardolydekkeria, Tetramerorhinus, Thoatherium, Villarroelia, Xesmodon
Subtaxa: Lambdaconus inaequifacies Lambdaconus lacerum Lambdaconus suinus
Type: Lambdaconus suinus
Ecology: scansorial herbivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Argentina (1 collection)
• Deseadan of Argentina (1)
• Eocene of Argentina (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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