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
Belongs to Lambdaconus according to M. F. Soria 2001
See also Ameghino 1897 and Simpson 1967
Sister taxa: Lambdaconus inaequifacies, Lambdaconus lacerum
Type specimen: Its type locality is Casamayoran of Patagonia, which is in a Casamayoran terrestrial horizon in Argentina
Ecology: scansorial herbivore
Distribution:
• Deseadan of Argentina (1 collection)
• Eocene of Argentina (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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